Developmental Psychopathology, Volume 3: Risk, Disorder, and Adaptation, Edition 2

Dante Cicchetti · Donald J. Cohen

Mar 2006 · John Wiley & Sons

About this ebook

Developmental Psychopathology, Volume 3, Risk, Disorder, and Adaptation provides a life span developmental perspective on "high-risk" conditions and mental disorders. Moreover, it examines developmental pathways to resilient adaptation in the face of adversity.

About the author

Dante Cicchetti, Ph.D., is Mcknight Presidential Chair of Child Psychology in the Institute of Child Development and in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota. He also is Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota. From 1985 to 2005, he directed the Mt. Hope Family Center at the University of Rochester. Dr. Cicchetti has published 30 books including volumes on developmental psychopathology, child development, emotional development, Down syndrome, attachment beyond infancy, self development, risk and protective factors in the development of psychopathology, neurodevelopment and psychopathology, and stress and development.

Donald Cohen, M.D. (deceased)
Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology
Director, Yale Child Study Center
Dr. Cohen was the founder of the renowned clinical and scientific research programs for Tourette's Syndrome at the Yale Child Study Center. Well known for his clinical expertise and breadth of understanding, Dr. Cohen served as Director of the Child Study Center from 1983 until his death in 2001.