Table of Contents

I: Basic Issues.- 1. Historical Trends in the Recognition and Assessment of Childhood Psychopathology.- 2. Theoretical Approaches to Assessment and Treatment.- 3. Diagnostic Classification Systems in Child Psychopathology.- II: Methods of Assessment.- 4. Standardized and Projective Tests.- 5. Questionnaires and Checklists.- 6. Neuropsychological, Physiological, and Biochemical Assessment.- 7. Behavioral Assessment.- 8. Interviewing and Report Writing.- III: Assessment of Specific Disorders.- 9. Developmental Learning Disorders.- 10. Severe Developmental Disabilities.- 11. Conduct Problems.- 12. Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity.- 13. Infantile Disorders and Childhood Schizophrenia.- 14. Depression.- 15. Anxiety Disorders.- 16. Selected Chronic Physiological Disorders: I. General Assessment, Asthma, and Tics.- 17. Selected Chronic Physiological Disorders: II. Gastrointestinal, Headache, and Seizure Disorders.- 18. Eating and Elimination Disorders.- 19. Parental Roles in Childhood Psychopathology.- IV: Assessing Special Populations.- 20. Mental Retardation.- 21. Learning Disabilities.- 22. Hearing Impairment.- 23. Visual Impairment.- 24. Physical Handicaps.- 25. Cognitive Assessment in Medically Ill Children.