Development Psychopathology, Theory and Method
Chapter One
Development and Psychopathology
WHAT IS DEVELOPMENTAL
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY? 1
HISTORICAL ROOTS OF DEVELOPMENTAL
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 5
DEFINITIONAL PARAMETERS OF DEVELOPMENTAL
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 7
CONCEPTUAL ISSUES AND PRINCIPLES 8
Risk and Protective Factors 8
Contextual Influences 10
The Mutual Interplay between Normality
and Psychopathology 11
DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS 12
Multiple Levels of Analysis 14
RESILIENCE 14
TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH 15
PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION 15
CONCLUSION 17
REFERENCES 18
In this chapter, we discuss the principles inherent to a developmental
psychopathology perspective. We want to underscore
that, if taken in isolation, many aspects of a
developmental approach to psychopathology can be found
in other fields that focus on the study of individuals with
high-risk conditions and mental disorders. Nonetheless, the
incorporation and integration of previously discrete concepts
serve to set developmental psychopathology apart
from other disciplines. In particular, a focus on the interplay
between normality and pathology, the growing acceptance
of the importance of a multiple-levels-of-analysis
and multidomain approach, and an ... read full excerpt from Developmental Psychopathology, Theory and Method ebook
