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Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- CHAPTER 1: Introduction
- CHAPTER 2: Research Methods and Ethical Issues
- CHAPTER 3: Basic Psychological Theories
- CHAPTER 4: Quantitative Behavioral Genetics
- CHAPTER 5: Classification, Diagnosis, and Assessment
- CHAPTER 6: Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- CHAPTER 7: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- CHAPTER 8: Bipolar Disorders
- CHAPTER 9: Depressive Disorders
- CHAPTER 10: Anxiety Disorders
- CHAPTER 11: Mental Retardation
- CHAPTER 12: Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders
- CHAPTER 13: Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia
- CHAPTER 14: Disorders Associated with Trauma or Maltreatment
- CHAPTER 15: Disorders Related to Physical Health and Functioning
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index
