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

Author/creator Achenbach, Thomas M., 1940-
Other author/creatorRescorla, Leslie.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Guilford Press, ©2007.
Descriptionx, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-308) and indexes.
LCCN 2006022956
ISBN1593853483 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781593853488 (cloth : alk. paper)

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks RJ499 .M85 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold