Helps students to "think developmentally" about psychopathology as it develops from childhood through adolescence, under the assumption that psychopathology should be regarded as normal development gone awry. This fifth edition includes research, and coverage of the late adolescent period.

Chapter 1: The Developmental Psychopathology Approach Chapter 2: Normal Development Chapter 3: The Bridge to the Psychopathologies Chapter 4: Infancy: The Developmental Consequences of Mental Retardation Chapter 5: Infancy: Disorders in the Autistic Spectrum Chapter 6: Infancy through Preschool: Attachment Disorders, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Enuresis Chapter 7: The Preschool Period: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities Chapter 8: Middle Childhood: The Anxiety Disorders Chapter 9: Middle Childhood to Adolescence: Mood Disorders and Suicide Chapter 10: Middle Childhood to Adolescence: Conduct Disorder and the Development of Antisocial Behavior Chapter 11: Severe Deviation in Late Childhood and Adolescence: Schizophrenia Chapter 12: Psychopathologies of the Adolescent Transmission: Eating Disorders and Substance Abuse Chapter 13: The Developmental Consequences of Brain Injury and Chronic Illness Chapter 14: Risks in the Family Context: Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence Chapter 15: Late Adolescence to Early Adulthood: Emergent Personality Disorders Chapter 16: Psychological Assessment Chapter 17: Intervention and Prevention