El desarrollo del psiquismo en el niño está íntimamente condicionado por las experiencias relacionales tempranas. La infancia es un periodo crítico para la adquisición de los vínculos emocionales y cognitivos que permiten la estructuración de la personalidad (Winnicott, 1987; Bowlby, 1973-89; Shore, 1994, 2001; Fonagy y Target, 2001). El estudio de factores de riesgo, definidos como una característica, experiencia, o evento que, si está presente, se asocia con un incremento en la probabilidad de que un resultado particular ocurra sobre la base de la proporción de aparición de ese resultado en la población general, en el campo de la salud mental se ha desarrollado principalmente en los países anglosajones y nórdicos y principalmente para el estudio de los denominados trastornos mentales graves. Estos estudios son muy escasos en población española a pesar de su relevancia en el conocimiento etiológico del trastorno mental y la posible aplicación preventiva...

Accompanying CD-ROM contains: contents of book; continuous updates; slide image library; references linked to MEDLINE; pediatric guidelines; case studies; review questions.

This state-of-the-art work has been highly praised for bridging the divide between adult and developmental psychopathology. The volume illuminates the interplay of biological, cognitive, affective, and social-environmental factors that place individuals at risk for psychological disturbance throughout development. Childhood-onset and adult forms of major disorders are examined in paired chapters by prominent clinical researchers. An integrative third chapter on each disorder then summarizes what is known about continuity and change in vulnerability across the lifespan. Implications for assessment, treatment, and prevention are also considered.

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This book collects the contributions of a number of clinical psychiatrists all over the world, interested in developing basic research about anxiety and in applying it in clinical contexts. It is divided into four sections, covering general issues about anxiety (ethological and developmental ones), basic research issues on specific aspects of anxiety (bioanatomical ones, correlation with personality structure and so on), and new clinical and therapeutical proposals and hypothesis. Each author summarized the clinical importance of his work, underlining the clinical pitfalls of this publication.

(Reusable interview administration booklet) Based on strict DSM-IV criteria and validated in 12 years of studies, ChIPS and P-ChIPS -- the parent version of the interview -- are brief and simple to administer. Questions are succinct, simply worded, and easily understood by children and adolescents. Practitioners in clinical and research settings alike have already found ChIPS indispensable in screening for conditions such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, substance abuse, phobias, anxiety disorders, stress disorders, eating disorders, mood disorders, elimination disorders, and schizophrenia. The Parent Version of the ChIPS essentially consists of the same interview text altered from second to third person to address the parent rather than the child (e.g., "Have you ever" is changed to "Has your child ever').

The Mental Health & High School Curriculum Guide (Version 3) is an updated and revised version of the original edition. This comprehensive curriculum guide provides six modules that can be used together or separately in High School classrooms to enhance mental health literacy.