Introduction to Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology by Robert Weis

Introduction to Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology by Robert Weis

Focuses on child and adolescent psychopathology that adopts a developmental psychopathology approach to understanding child disorders. This title examines the emergence of disorders over time, pays special attention to risk and protective factors that influence developmental processes and trajectories.

Robert Weis is a licensed clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at Denison University, a liberal arts college near Columbus, Ohio. He earned an AB in psychology from the University of Chicago and a PhD in clinical child psychology from Northern Illinois University. He completed his predoctoral and postdoctoral work in clinical child and pediatric psychology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Ohio) and Portage County Mental Health Center (Wisconsin). At Denison, he teaches courses in abnormal psychology, developmental psychopathology, systems of psychotherapy, and humanistic-existential psychology. He is a recipient of the Charles A. Brickman Teaching Excellence Award. His research interests are in children’s mental health program evaluation and the assessment of ADHD and learning disabilities. His work has been published in Psychological Science, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the Journal of Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology, Psychological Assessment, the Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, the Journal of Learning Disabilities, and Psychology in the Schools. When not working, he enjoys spending time with his wife, three children, and little dog.

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ISBN 13	9781412926577
ISBN 10	1412926572
Title	Introduction to Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology
Author	Robert Weis
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	SAGE Publications Inc
Year published	2007-12-05
Number of pages	696
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