Title: Toward a new diagnostic system for child psychopathology : moving beyond the DSM /
Authors: Jensen, Peter S.; Knapp, Penny.; Mrazek, David.
Publisher: Guilford Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders; Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.; Child psychopathology Diagnosis.; Adolescent psychopathology Diagnosis.; Child psychopathology Classification; Adolescent psychopathology Classification.; Mental Disorders diagnosis; Adolescent Development; Adolescent; Child Development; Child; Biological Evolution; Mental Disorders classification
Abstract: Brings together leading child psychiatry researchers to critically review the current diagnostic system and work toward new, more clinically useful ways of understanding childhood problems. The authors examine how existing diagnostic categories as embodied in the DSM-IV do not adequately account for the interplay between maladaptive behavior on the one hand, and children's environmental contexts, relationships, and developmental needs on the other. Drawing on the latest findings from neurobiological and evolutionary research, the book offers fresh perspectives on the nature, causes, assessment, and treatment of a range of prevalent disorders. The concluding chapter offers specific, cogent suggestions for improving the forthcoming DSM-V.
Contents: Research and clinical perspectives in defining and assessing mental disorders in children and adolescents / Peter Jensen and David Mrazek -- Understanding early development and temperament from the vantage point of evolutionary theory / Penny Knapp -- A developmental evolutionary perspective on two anxiety disorders / Daniel S. Pine and Theodore Shapiro -- An evolutionary perspective on childhood depression / Cynthia Pfeffer -- Application of evolutionary models to ADHD / Peter Jensen ... [et al.] -- Conduct disorder and evolutionary biology / Markus Kruesi and John Schowalter -- Evolutionary biology of stress disorders / Penny Knapp.