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Author Achenbach, Thomas M., 1940-

Title Multicultural understanding of child and adolescent psychopathology : implications for mental health assessment / Thomas M. Achenbach, Leslie A. Rescorla.

Imprint New York : Guilford Press, c2007.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  618.9289 Ac45m 2007    ---  Available
Description x, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-308) and indexes.
Contents Why should we do multicultural research on children's problems? -- The empirically based "bottom-up" approach to psychopathology -- The diagnostically based "top-down" approach to psychopathology -- Multicultural findings on scores obtained with empirically based assessment instruments -- Multicultural findings on correlates of empirically based scale scores -- Multicultural findings on patterns of problems in empirically based assessment instruments -- Multicultural findings on the prevalence of diagnostically based disorders -- Multicultural findings on correlates and comorbidity of diagnostically based disorders -- Comparisons of empirically based and diagnostically based findings -- Meeting challenges posed by multicultural research on children's problems -- Contributions of multicultural research to understanding, assessing, preventing, and treating child psychopathology.
Subject Child psychopathology -- Cross-cultural studies.
Adolescent psychopathology -- Cross-cultural studies.
Mental Disorders.
Adolescent.
Child.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Psychopathology -- methods.
Added Author Rescorla, Leslie.
ISBN 1593853483 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781593853488 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. NLM 101281955
YDXCP 2436845
IG# 1593853483
NLGGC 297795627
NZ1 10956977

 
    
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