Understanding Child and Adolescent Psychopathology is an online textbook that provides a description of each mental disorder that can develop in childhood and adolescence as listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual- 5 (DSM 5). It outlines the many factors (emotional, cognitive, biological, behavioral, and environmental) that combine to cause the development of each disorder and the most efficacious treatment modalities currently used for each.
The textbook is also a workbook providing videos with tests, activities, and flash cards that help the student retain the material they have read. At the end of each chapter there is also a chapter test. This online textbook is easily accessible on computer, iPad, or smart phones.
Stevie McKenna is a lecturer in the Psychology department at Rutgers University and has been teaching clinical courses there for the past 13 years. She earned her BA at the University of Southern Maine, MA at Argosy University and is currently pursuing a PhD at Grand Canyon University. Stevie has over 20 years’ experience in the clinical field. She has been employed in various positions such as working within school systems as part of team efforts with dysfunctional and disordered children and adolescents, the court system in Washington DC as liaison for adolescent clients with conduct problems, non-profit agencies such as Foundations First Home Care in the DC area as therapist to children, adolescents, and adults all which presented with a variety of psychiatric disorders. She has also given psychological evaluations and worked extensively with clients with schizophrenia within group homes. Her main focus and interest is continuing to teach at Rutgers University.
Chapter 1: Overview of Child and Adolescent Atypical Behavior
Chapter 2: Theories and Etiology
Chapter 3: The Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment Processes
Chapter 4: Attention and Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Chapter 5: Conduct Problems and Releated Issues
Chapter 6: Anxiety Disorder
Chapter 7: Intellectual Disability
Chapter 8: Schizophrenia - Childhood-Onset/Adolescent-Onsent
Chapter 9: Feeding and Eating Disorders
Chapter 10: Mood Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
Chapter 11: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Chapter 12: Elimination and Sleep Disorders