Most models of human development end abruptly with adolescence. But, according to the internationally renowned theorist and researcher Michael Rutter, we continue to mature throughout our life span. In this volume, Michael Rutter and Marjorie Rutter chart out in nontechnical language a comprehensive and vivid map of human growth from cradle to grave.Arguing that there are discontinuities as well as continuities to the growth process, they trace how basic aspects of psychological functioning (such as emotion and cognition) change over the course of life. The volume is organized around...
Most models of human development end abruptly with adolescence. But, according to the internationally renowned theorist and researcher Michael Rutter,...
This major contribution to the understanding of autism gives a clearly written account of the objectives, principles and methods of treating autistic children in their own homes. It combines clinically sensitive, practical approaches for dealing with a wide range of problems and a hard-headed research evaluation of how much can be achieved by such treatment methods.
This major contribution to the understanding of autism gives a clearly written account of the objectives, principles and methods of treating autistic ...
This text aims to provide a source of up-to-date information, not only on the psychosocial disorders (crime, substance abuse, depression, eating disorders, suicide), but also on wider societal changes considered as possible explanations for these disorders (developmental processes, family patterns, living conditions, media, values and morals). The study has been integrated to tackle a well-defined set of problems in a systematic way.
This text aims to provide a source of up-to-date information, not only on the psychosocial disorders (crime, substance abuse, depression, eating disor...
In Psychosocial Disturbances in Young People: Challenges for Prevention, top experts provide an overview of important areas in adolescence, ranging from delinquency to depression, addressing such key questions as whether or not problems have multiple causes and what the influences of individual, family and societal factors are in the rise of problems. They also consider to what extent there are similarities or differences in the presentation and cause of these problems in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood and whether there are continuities between life periods. It will be of importance to...
In Psychosocial Disturbances in Young People: Challenges for Prevention, top experts provide an overview of important areas in adolescence, ranging fr...
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How does stress affect the coping abilities of children? Is response to stress a matter of nature, nurture, or both? Is stress good, bad, or neutral?
From a multiplicity of viewpoints, twelve eminent researchers and clinicians here examine the problems of stress in children. Considering stress from a neurochemical as well as a developmental perspective, they examine a wide range of specific stressors including prematurity, hospitalization, birth of a sibling, deprivation, death of a parent, divorce, and war. Stress, Coping, and Development in Children is a work of signal...
How does stress affect the coping abilities of children? Is response to stress a matter of nature, nurture, or both? Is stress good, bad, or neutra...
This book provides a nontechnical account of human development that is particularly relevant to an understanding of psychiatric disorders. In describing the process of physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral development, the contributors emphasize the aspects of development of greatest interest to clinicians, and examine normal development in relation to its implications in clinical pathology.
This book provides a nontechnical account of human development that is particularly relevant to an understanding of psychiatric disorders. In descr...
In this major new book, eminent scientist Professor Sir Michael Rutter gets behind the hype of the behavioral genetics debate to provide a balanced and authoritative overview of the genetic revolution and its implications for understanding human behavior.
Written by one of the world's leading figures in child psychology and psychiatry, Professor Sir Michael Rutter
Provides non-technical explanation of genetics to diffuse the sensational debates surrounding the topic
Sets out in layman's terms what genes do, how much is nature and how much is nurture
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In this major new book, eminent scientist Professor Sir Michael Rutter gets behind the hype of the behavioral genetics debate to provide a balanced an...
