Multicultural understanding of child and adolescent psychopathology : implications for mental health assessment / Thomas M. Achenbach, Leslie A. Rescorla.
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TextPublisher: New York : Guilford Press, c2007Description: x, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 1593853483 (cloth : alk. paper); 9781593853488 (cloth : alk. paper); 9781593853488 (cloth : alk. paper); 1593853483 (cloth : alk. paper); 9781593853488Subject(s): Child psychopathology -- Cross-cultural studies | Adolescent psychopathology -- Cross-cultural studies | Mental Disorders | Adolescent | Child | Cross-Cultural Comparison | Psychopathology -- methodsDDC classification: 618.92/89 LOC classification: RJ499 | .M85 2006Online resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-308) and indexes.
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.

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