Disorders of Childhood: Development and Psychopathology

by Robin Hornik Parritz, Michael F. Troy

Written with the whole child in mind, this book discusses disorders in connection with the different stages of development, providing both a meaningful framework to promote learning. The authors emphasize multi-factor explanations of disorders as well as developmental frameworks and developmental pathways--presenting disorders and sets of disorders in the order in which they typically appear in a child's life. They also focus on the child-in-context (calling attention to the multiple settings in which the child is embedded) and emphasize the importance of taking a broad view that considers the whole child and his or her patterns of interest, abilities, and strengths, rather than a narrow view of a disorder or developmental delay. As a result of this holistic approach, which reflects the most up-to-date understanding of child and adolescent psychopathology, readers learn to think about disorders in the same way that caring adults think about disorders they encounter every day--in terms of an individual child who is coping with distress and dysfunction. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

480 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Mark Zand Scholten · Rating 4 out of 5]

Superinteressant boek maar de auteurs mogen werken aan hun schrijfstijl want het was soms heeeeel droog. De casussen (casi? Idk wat is het meervoud?) hebben me echt door dit boek heen gesleept en een casus van het hoofdstuk over trauma heeft mij echt emotioneel beschadigd, dus daar krijgen ze pluspunten voor. Beter komt deze stof op de toets...

[natasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

read for my disorders of childhood psych class. pretty interesting although i knew most of the stuff already 😎

[Sarah Vermaas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this for my uni course of developmental psychopathology. It was great that they provided non-binary representation as well. :)

[Indy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Kut tentamen niet gehaald dus voor saus gelezen een dikke vette 1 doeiiiii

[☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ ѕℓιм ☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this for my psychology "exceptional child" class, which I enjoyed and learn a lot from. This book gave some important details about children who have a disability and ways to help them

[Jazz Maree]

I’ve spent 2 days with my eyes glued in this book, therefore it counts towards my reading goal. Want to fight me and say it doesn’t count?- I know a lawyer

[Lucy Littlefield · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had to read this for my graduate level Child Psychopathology course and will, therefore, be counting it as a reading toward this year’s goal. Decent book. A ridiculous amount of time and energy was devoted to completing this text. Wish I could enjoy it more, but that’s not a reflection of the textbook itself, per se.

[Bridget · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had to read this book for a class, but I really enjoyed how the author broke down the material. The topics and literature were relevant and insightful. I would definitely recommend this book.

[Deena Staples · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very informative but also a really dry read.

[Shannon Agnes]

Loved it! Probably my favorite textbook.

[Marina Louise Schofer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Text provides case studies of children and interpretations from multiple theoretical perspectives for a very holistic look at the range of factors contributing to developmental psychopathology.

[Natalie Wenzel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Textbook for Developmental Psychopathology. Clear & informative read

[Mary Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

So much potential to be interesting....
So not....