Affect Regulation and the Development of Psychopathology. This item is unavailable.Affect Regulation and the Development of Psychopathology

This pioneering work sets forth an integrative model for understanding the development of psychopathology. What makes a person vulnerable to mental illness in general? To specific clinical syndromes? Why are some individuals highly prone to emotional distress? Seeking a deeper understanding of these compelling questions, the volume highlights the central role of affect regulation--or the failure to develop functional strategies for regulating affect--in a wide range of disorders. An extensive body of psychological and neurobiological knowledge is synthesized to illuminate the processes by which this key capacity may be undermined in the developing child. Bridging the gap between biological and psychodynamic perspectives on psychopathology, the book has important implications for research, prevention, and treatment.

Susan J. Bradley, MD, FRCP(C), is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. Formerly, she was Head of the Division of Child Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and Psychiatrist-in-Chief at the Hospital for Sick Children. She is consultant psychiatrist to the Child and Adolescent Gender Identity Clinic at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health--Clarke Division. Her book Gender Identity and Psychosexual Problems in Children and Adolescents, coauthored with Kenneth J. Zucker, is considered the basic reference work in this area. In addition to research and theoretical interests in gender identity disorder and in affect regulation, Dr. Bradley has had a longstanding interest in parenting and evaluation of parenting programs. Currently she engages in teaching, research, and some clinical work.