Current Approaches to Behavioral Assessment in Child Psychopathology

Reviews the book, Handbook of Assessment in Childhood Psychopathology: Applied Issues in Differential Diagnosis and Treatment Evaluation by Cynthia L. Frame and Johnny L. Matson (Eds.) (see record 1987-98661-000). With contributions by 24 separate groups of authors, the text offers discussion of a wide range of psychopathological disorders. There is a heavy emphasis on physiologically based disorders, including mental retardation, learning disability, attention deficit disorder, infantile autism, sensory handicap, cerebral palsy, and medical conditions. The orientation of this volume is clearly around presentation of current application of behavioral assessment techniques to the areas of psychopathology described. This text offers up-to-date information on the use of behavioral assessment techniques, with many of the typical presenting problems of child psychopathology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)