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Assessment of Psychopathology

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Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology

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A developmental approach to psychopathology aims to advance our understanding of behavioral and emotional problems in relation to developmental tasks, sequences, and processes. Assessment must therefore take account of both the continuities and the discontinuities that occur across the life span. Assessment must also detect individual differences that occur within developmental periods and those that persist from one period to another.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 05401-3456, USA

    Thomas M. Achenbach

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  1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Arnold J. Sameroff

  2. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

    Michael Lewis

  3. Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Suzanne M. Miller

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Achenbach, T.M. (2000). Assessment of Psychopathology. In: Sameroff, A.J., Lewis, M., Miller, S.M. (eds) Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4163-9_3

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