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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783264603321

Titolo

Handbook of infant, toddler, and preschool mental health assessment [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rebecca DelCarmen-Wiggins, Alice Carter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-280-83535-4

0-19-803299-4

0-19-530280-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (553 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DelCarmen-WigginsRebecca

CarterAlice (Alice S.)

Disciplina

618.92/89075

Soggetti

Mental illness - Diagnosis

Psychodiagnostics

Behavioral assessment of children

Child psychiatry

Infant psychiatry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction; I. Contextual Factors in Early Assessment; II. Temperament and Regulation in Assessing Disorders in Young Children; III. Diagnostic Issues Relating to Classification and Taxonomy; IV. Measurement Issues; V. Problems in Early Development and State Regulation: Assessing Disorders with an Onset in Infancy or Toddlerhood; VI. Specific Areas of Disturbance: Applying Diagnostic Criteria to Disorders with an Onset in the Preschool Years; VII. Varied Applied Settings for Assessment; Epilogue; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Handbook of Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Mental Health Assessment brings together, for the first time, leading clinical researchers to provide empirically based recommendations for assessment of social-emotional and behavior problems and disorders in the earliest years. Each author presents state-of-the-art information on scientifically valid, developmentally based clinical assessments and makes recommendations based on the integration of developmental



theory, empirical findings, and clinical experience. Though the field of mental health assessment in infants and young children lags behi