Dr John Bowlby, a truly international and outstanding writer, presents the fruits of current research in attachment theory and provides an up to date outline of its main features in this new collection of lectures...

Why would a child refuse to talk about anything but wasp wings-or the color of subway train doors? What does it mean when a nine-year-old asks questions about death hundreds of times a day? And how can parents build a close relationship with a little girl...

The Task Force on DSM-IV and members of the DSM-IV Work Groups have chronicled their efforts and the results in the DSM-IV Sourcebook, which documents the rationale and empirical support for the text and criteria sets presented in DSM-IV...

Há mais de um século, a CID vem sendo um poderoso recurso da medicina e da saúde pública para a descrição de doenças e causas de morte, assim como para a elaboração de estatísticas de saúde e garantia do sigilo médico...

Although schizophrenia is very difficult to diagnose in the young, early treatment is now thought to improve outcome. Recent research suggests that early onset schizophrenia has developmental precursors, making it difficult to distinguish from a number...

Si può ancora parlare di psicoanalisi contemporanea? E avrà un futuro? Terapia sistemica, terapia breve, psicoterapia psicoanalitica, terapia cognitiva: ha senso oggi differenziarle nettamente dalla psicoanalisi? Esistono equivalenze concettuali?...

Although eating problems - ranging from body dissatisfaction and dieting to anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa - can begin and typically have their roots in childhood, theory and research in developmental psychopathology and developmental psychology...

Usually diagnosed in childhood, Asperger syndrome is a lifelong social disorder characterized by a lack of empathy, little ability to form friendships, one-sided conversations, clumsy movements, and intense absorption in special interests...

Despite increasing interest, very little is known about the occurrence of psychiatric disorders in persons with autism and Asperger Syndrome. Mental Health Aspects of Autism and Asperger Syndrome alerts parents and professionals to the occurrence...

Every chapter has been updated to reflect current thought and research in the field. Chapters devoted to specialized tests in neuropsychology have been updated to reflect new editions of these popular instruments...