Developmental Psychopathology
Spring 1997

Department of Psychology, 351/551

Professor Leslie Rescorla

• Introduction/Course Description
• Readings and Requirements
• Class Schedule, with required readings

Introduction/Course Description

This course will examine emotional and behavioral disorders of children and adolescents, including autism, attention deficit disorder, conduct disorder, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, anorexia, and schizophrenia. Major topics covered will include: contrasting models of psychopathology; classification and epidemiology of childhood psychopathology; outcome of childhood disorders; therapeutic approaches and their efficacy; and developmental resilience. The course format will combine lectures and discussion.

Readings and Requirements

Readings

There will be a textbook (see below) and a set of additional readings available for purchase in a xerox bulkpack. One copy of the bulkpack will be on reserve in Canaday.

Text:
E.J. Mash & R.A. Barkley (Eds.) Child Psychopathology New York: Guilford Press, 1996 (M&B)

Note to Graduate Students:
Graduate students in the class will have seven additional one hour meetings, at a time to be arranged, for which there will be some additional readings. Each student will give a seminar presentation at one of these meetings.

Requirements

• Midterm exam
• Final exam
• Term paper

Class Schedule, with required readings

1. (1/20) MODELS OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

• M&B: Chapter 1

• Kazdin, A.E. & Kagan, J. Models of dysfunction in developmental psychopathology. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 1994, 1, 1, 35-52.

• Rutter, M & Rutter, M. Developing minds: Challenge and continuity across the lifespan. Chapter 2: Why are people so different from one another (pp. 12-61). New York: Basic Books, 1993.

2. (1/27) CLASSIFICATION/EPIDEMIOLOGY

• Cantwell, D.P. Classification of child and adolescent psychopathology. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1996, 37, 1, 3-12.

• Volkmar, F.R. & Schwab-Stone, M. Annotation: Childhood disorders in DSM-IV. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1996, 37, 7, 779-784.

• Bird, H.R. Epidemiology of childhood disorders in a cross-cultural context. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1996, 37, 1, 35-49.

3. (2/3) AUTISM

• M&B: Chapter 8

• Bailey, A., Phillips, W., & Rutter, M. Autism: Towards an integration of clinical, genetic, neuropsychological, and neurobiological perspectives. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 37, 1, 89-126.

4. (2/10) ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER

• M&B : Chapter 2

• Cantwell, D.P. Attention deficit disorder: A review of the past 10 years. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996, 35,8, 978-987.

• Pliszka, S.R., McCracken, J.T., & Maas, J.W. Catecholamines in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Current perspectives. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996, 35, 3, 264-272.

• Richters, J.E. et al. NIMH Collaborative Multisite Multimodal Treatment study of children with ADHD: I. Background and rationale. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1995, 34, 8, 987-1000.

5. (2/17) CONDUCT DISORDER

• M&B: Chapter 3

• Kingston, L. & Prior, M. The development of patterns of stable, transient, and school-age onset aggressive behavior in young children. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1995, 34, 3, 348-358.

• Lynam, D.R. Early identification of chronic offenders: Who is the fledgling psychopath? Psychological Bulletin, 1996, 120, 2, 209-234.

• Moffitt, T.E., Caspi, A., Dickson, N., Silva, P., & Stanton, W. Childhood-onset versus adolescent-onset antisocial conduct problems in males: Natural history from ages 3 to 18 years. Development and Psychopathology, 1996, 8, 399-424.

6. (2/24) PHOBIAS/ANXIETY DISORDERS

• M&B: Chapters 5 and 7

• Bernstein, G.A., Borchardt, C.M., & Perwien, A.R. Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: A review of the past 10 years. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996, 35, 9, 1110-1119.

• Last, C.G., Perrin, S., Hersen, M., & Kazdin, A.E. A prospective study of childhood anxiety disorders. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996, 35, 11, 1502-1510.

7. (3/3) OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER

• Valleni-Basile, L.A. et al. Incidence of obsessive-compulsive disorder in a community sample of young adolescents. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996, 35, 7, 898-906.

• March, J.S. & Leonard, H.I. Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents: A review of the past 10 years. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996, 34, 10, 1265-1273.

8. (3/17) DEPRESSION

• M&B: Chapter 4

• Birmaher, B. et al. Childhood and adolescent depression: A review of the past 10 years. Part I. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996, 35, 11, 1427-1439.

• Harrington, R., Rutter, M., & Fombonne, E., Developmental pathways in depression: Multiple meanings, antecedents, and endpoints. Development and Psychopathology, 1996, 8, 601-616.

9. (3/24) NEGLECT/ABUSE

• M&B: Chapter 14

• Fergusson. D.M., Lynskey, M.T., Horwood, L.J. Childhood sexual abuse and psychiatric disorder in young adulthood: I. Prevalence of sexual abuse and factors associated with sexual abuse. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996, 34, 10, 1355-1364.

• Fergusson. D.M., Horwood, L.J. & Lynskey, M.T. Childhood sexual abuse and psychiatric disorder in young adulthood: I. Psychiatric outcomes of childhood sexual abuse. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996, 34, 10, 1365-1374.

• Cosentino, C.E., et al. Sexual behavior problems and psychopathology symptoms in sexually abused girls. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1995, 34, 8, 1033-1042.

10. (3/31) POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

• M&B: Chapter 6

• Shannon, M.P., Lonigan, C.J., Finch, A.J., & Taylor, C.M. Children exposed to disaster: I. Epidemiology of post-traumatic symptoms and symptom profiles. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1994, 33, 1, 80-93.

• Lonigan, C.J., Shannon, M.P., Taylor, C.M., Finch, A.J., & Sallee, F.R. Children exposed to disaster: II. Risk factors for the development of post-traumatic symptomatology. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 194, 33, 1, 94-105.

• Hubbard, J., Realmuto, G.M., Northwood, A.K., & Masten, A.S. Comorbidity of psychiatric diagnoses with posttraumatic stress disorder in survivors of childhood trauma. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1995, 34, 9, 1167-1173.

11. (4/7) ANOREXIA/BULIMIA

• M&B: Chapter 15

• Gillberg, I.C., Rastam, M., & Gillberg, C. Anorexia nervosa outcome: Six-year controlled longitudinal study of 51 cases including a population cohort. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1994, 33, 5, 729-739.

• Herzog, D.B., et al. Subtyping eating disorders: Is it justified? Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996, 35, 7, 928-936.

12. (4/11) SCHIZOPHRENIA

• M&B: Chapter 9.

• Volkmar, F.R. Childhood and adolescent psychosis: A review of the past 10 years. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996, 35, 7, 843-851.

• Walker, E.F., et al. The developmental pathways to schizophrenia: Potential moderating effects of stress. Development and Psychopathology, 196, 8, 647-665.

• McKenna, K., Gordon, C.T., & Rapoport, J.L. Childhood-onset schizophrenia: Timely neurobiological research. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1994, 33, 6, 771-781.

• McKenna, K., Gordon, C.T., Lenane, M., Kaysen, D., Fahey, K., & Rapoport, J.L. Looking for childhood-onset schizophrenia: the first 71 cases screened. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1994, 33, 5, 636-644.

13. (4/21) EFFICACY OF THERAPIES FOR CHILDREN

• Kazdin, A.E. Combined and multimodal treatments in child and adolescent psychotherapy: Issues, challenges, and research directions. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 1966, 3, 1, 69-100.

• Campbell, M. & Cueva, J.E. Psychopharmacology in child and adolescent psychiatry: A review of the past 7 years. Part I. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1995, 34, 9, 1124-1132.

• Campbell, M. & Cueva, J.E. Psychopharmacology in child and adolescent psychiatry: A review of the past 7 years. Part II. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1995, 34, 10, 1262-1271.

14. (4/28) LONGITUDINAL STUDIES: RISK AND RESILIENCY

• Rutter, M. Beyond longitudinal data: Causes, consequences, changes, and continuity. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1994, 62, 5, 928-940.

• Rutter, M. & Rutter, M. Developing minds: challenge and continuity across the lifespan. Chapter 3: Change and continuity: Some developmental processes (pp. 62-109). New York: Basic Books, 1993.

• Feehan, M., McGee, R., Williams, S.M., & Nada-Raja, S. Models of adolescent psychopathology: Childhood risk and the transition to adulthood. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1995, 34, 5, 670-679.

• Fergusson, D.M. & Lynskey, M.T. Adolescent resiliency to family adversity. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1996, 37, 3, 281-292.