The Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology brings together the latest innovative research that advances
knowledge of psychopathology from infancy through adolescence.
Our job in mental health is to understand the nature and variety of psychopathology, to assess persons and situations, and then to apply
this knowledge of psychopathology to the person and situation based on standard principles of professional psychology, including the DSM diagnostic system of the American Psychiatric Association.
Acceptable applications must have a current Medical Assisting degree / certification • Experience working with adolescents age 12 - 17 years old • Crisis management •
Knowledge of psychopathology and dual diagnosis.
Not exact matches
It signifies expertise in the diagnosis and treatment
of emotional and mental disorders based on advanced
knowledge of human development, the causation and treatment
of psychopathology, psychotherapeutic treatment practices, and social work practice as defined in advanced social work.
The Confident Kids Program is based on clinical, empirical, and theoretical
knowledge of child development,
psychopathology, mechanisms
of change, and early intervention.
Adolescence is characterized by major biological, psychological and social challenges and opportunities, where interaction between the individual and environment is intense, and developmental pathways are set in motion or become established.2 — 4 Furthermore, adolescent
psychopathology can have important consequences for education, relationships and socioeconomic achievement in later life.5 — 7 These characteristics
of adolescence do not only set high demands for cohort studies aiming to capture the most salient aspects
of developmental pathways, they also ensure a great gain in empirical
knowledge and an invaluable source
of information for public health policy from such studies.
This is a serious gap in our
knowledge for two reasons: (1) Recent research has shown that disorganized attachment is a predictor
of psychopathology, whereas insecure - avoidant and resistant attachment lead to less optimal but not pathological child adjustment.10 Therefore, it is imperative to evaluate attachment - based interventions on their potential value to prevent attachment disorganization.
The «practice
of clinical social work» is defined as the use
of scientific and applied
knowledge, theories, and methods for the purpose
of describing, preventing, evaluating, and treating individual, couple, marital, family, or group behavior, based on the person - in - situation perspective
of psychosocial development, normal and abnormal behavior,
psychopathology, unconscious motivation, interpersonal relationships, environmental stress, differential assessment, differential planning, and data gathering.
Have training in the impact
of family conflict on parents and children, including
knowledge of child development, adult
psychopathology, domestic abuse and child abuse and neglect;
The very nature
of families, with an unrepresented third party (the child) requires the mediator to know a whole specific body
of knowledge about family dynamics, divorce dynamics, child development,
psychopathology, addictions, the effects
of divorce on children, and more.
In the child and adolescent psychiatry training, the trainee acquires a thorough
knowledge of normal child and family development,
psychopathology, and treatment.
Developmental Traumatology, the systematic investigation
of the psychiatric and psychobiological impact
of overwhelming and chronic interpersonal violence (maltreatment in childhood) on the developing child, is a relatively new area
of study that synthesizes
knowledge from an array
of scientific fields including: developmental
psychopathology, developmental neuroscience, and stress and trauma research.
The emphasis in the literature, and particularly in relation to parenting behaviours, has been on children's externalizing behaviour, non-compliance and
psychopathology, and several models
of coercive family processes leading to child externalizing behaviour have been delineated and supported.5 There is a paucity
of research examining child competencies, both in terms
of behaviour and developmental competencies (social, cognitive, emotional) and how parenting behaviours, parental
knowledge, mood and self - efficacy interact with and impact on these competencies.
There is important overlap between
knowledge of individuals and
knowledge of groups, such as the role
of individual
psychopathology in treatment, for example.
More
knowledge about the association between PPD and these early school age outcomes
of children can have important implications for the prevention
of adult
psychopathology.
Although such studies will be difficult to conduct, especially in terms
of recruitment and selection criteria, they would certainly help to extend our
knowledge about the links between parental
psychopathology, family - level processes, and child adjustment.
Using a multi-method approach, this study demonstrated that children's
knowledge of appropriate emotion regulation strategies, and the quality
of parent scaffolding in distressing situations, are associated with parent - reported
psychopathology in children with ASD.