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Common Behavioral Disorders of Childhood

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Like physical growth and development, behavior develops in stages. What is considered normal at one age may be quite abnormal for another developmental phase, and some behavioral disorders are age specific. The problems that prompt parents to seek the physician’s help range from the truly pathological to those that are normal or that can be changed by simple manipulations of the environment. Some of these problems may also reflect variations in the child’s temperament, an area that has received considerable study in recent years.

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  1. Division of Psychiatry and Psychology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, 38101, USA

    Abby L. Wasserman

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  1. Institute for Child Development, Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, USA

    Marvin I. Gottlieb M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Professor) & John E. Williams M.D. (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Director, Professor) &  (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor)

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, USA

    Marvin I. Gottlieb M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Professor) & John E. Williams M.D. (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Director, Professor) &  (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor)

  3. Section of Developmental Pediatrics, Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, USA

    John E. Williams M.D. (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Chief, Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor)

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Wasserman, A.L. (1987). Common Behavioral Disorders of Childhood. In: Gottlieb, M.I., Williams, J.E. (eds) Textbook of Developmental Pediatrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1797-5_14

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