- Summary
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- Subject index
I was most impressed by the author's thoroughness in writing this book. She seems to leave no stone uncovered... [this is] a work which should become a necessity for all counsellors, counselling psychologists, psychiatric nurses and psychotherapists... This is a book to which I will make reference time and time again, and one which will occupy a prominent place in my library' - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling `An invaluable handbook for students of psychotherapy and a good reference for established therapists... I recommend that all therapists have a copy of this book on their shelf' - Psychology, Health & Medicine Assessmenp and refer
Chapter 2: Developmental Psychopathology
Developmental Psychopathology
Developmental psychopathology contributes a developmental perspective to the study of abnormal behaviour. It is also concerned with the study of the prediction of the development of maladaptive behaviour processes (Lewis, 1990). The scope of this investigation bridges the fields of child and adult psychopathology, allowing us to examine the continuities and discontinuities between mental health problems and risk factors in childhood and later difficulties in adulthood, as well as understanding the internal and external sources of competence and vulnerability. A developmental approach strives to conceptualise how the processes underlying an individual's adaptation in her development lead to a particular outcome in a given developmental period. This requires an examination of a person's current functioning in the context of how this level of ...
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