Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology: A Developmental Perspective, Second Edition

by Linda Wilmshurst

Book Overview

Written from a developmental perspective, Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology is organized around five prominent and recurring themes: the course of normal development proceeds in an orderly and predictable direction; maladaptive behaviors represent deviations from the normal path; maladaptive behavior is represented by a continuum of severity (symptoms, syndromes, disorders) based on the degree to which behaviors deviate from the norm; individual,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138960500
• ISBN13: 9781138960503
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 694 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 9.9"