DQ1: How would you define childhood and adolescent disorders? What is an example of a childhood and adolescent disorder? Is it possible to manage and effectively treat this disorder? If so, how? If...

Chapter 15 Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN DIFFERENT LIFE LEARNING DISABILITIES AND MENTAL RETARDATION PERIODS Learning Disabilities Varying Clinical Pictures Special Psychological Vulnerabilities of Young Children Causal Factors in Learning Disabilities Treatments and Outcomes The Classi?cation of Childhood and Adolescent Disorders Mental Retardation COMMON DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD Causal Factors in Mental Retardation Attention-De?cit/Hyperactivity Disorder Organic Retardation Syndromes Oppositional De?ant Disorder and Conduct Disorder Treatments, Outcomes, and Prevention ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN CHILDREN AND PLANNING BETTER PROGRAMS TO HELP CHILDREN ADOLESCENTS AND ADOLESCENTS Anxiety Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence Special Factors Associated with Treatment of Children and Childhood Depression and Bipolar Disorder Adolescents Child Advocacy Programs SYMPTOM DISORDERS: ENURESIS, ENCOPRESIS, SLEEPWALKING, AND TICS UNRESOLVED ISSUES: PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS Can Society Deal with Delinquent Behavior? Autism Asperger’s Disorder Abnormal Psychology, Fourteenth Edition, by James N. Butcher, Susan Mineka, and Jill M. Hooley. Published by Allyn & Bacon. Copyright © 2010 by Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN 0-558-46768-7ISBN 0-558-46768-7 528 CHAPTER 15 Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence Until the twentieth century, little account was taken of the special characteristics of psychopathology in children; maladaptive patterns considered relatively speci?c to childhood, such as autism, received A virtually no attention at all. Only since the advent of the mental health movement and the availability of child guidance facilities at the beginning of the twentieth century have marked strides been made in assessing, treating, and understanding the maladaptive behavior patterns of children and adolescents. The problems of childhood were initially seen simply as downward extensions of adult-oriented diag- noses. The prevailing view...