Synopsis
Vulnerability has become the focal point of much theory and research in the study of psychopathology. Until now, however, work on child and adult disorders has largely been conducted separately, with little cross-communication of knowledge on risk factors across the lifespan. This important work brings together leading clinical researchers to lay the foundations for an integrative lifespan perspective on biological, psychological, and social-contextual processes of vulnerability. Filling a crucial need, the volume demonstrates ways that the vulnerability construct can lead to genuine progress in understanding not only the genesis of psychological symptoms, but also their prevention and treatment.
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Preface, Ingram and Price
I. Foundations of the Vulnerability Approach to Psychopathology
1. The Role of Vulnerability in Understanding Psychopathology, Ingram and Price
2. The Nature of Child and Adolescent Vulnerability: History and Definitions, Price and Lento
3. The Nature of Adult Vulnerability: History and Definitions, Ingram and Fortier
II. Personality Disorders
4. A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Vulnerability to Personality Disorders, Geiger and Crick
III. Clinical Syndromes
Substance Use Disorders
5. Vulnerability to Substance Use Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence, Chassin and Ritter
6. Vulnerability to Substance Use Disorders in Adulthood, Collins and Shirley
7. Vulnerability to Substance Use Disorders across the Lifespan, Chassin, Collins, Ritter, and Shirley
Depression
8. Vulnerability to Depression in Childhood and Adolescence, Garber and Flynn
9. Vulnerability to Depression in Adulthood, Hammen
10. Vulnerability to Depression across the Lifespan, Hammen and Garber
Anxiety Disorders
11. Vulnerability to Anxiety Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence, Malcarne and Hansdottir
12. Vulnerability to Anxiety Disorders in Adulthood, McNally
13. Vulnerability to Anxiety Disorders across the Lifespan, McNally, Malcarne, and Hansdottir
Schizophrenia
14. Vulnerability to Schizophrenia: Risk Factors in Childhood and Adolescence, Brennan and Walker
15. Vulnerability to Schizophrenia in Adulthood, Harvey
16. Vulnerability to Schizophrenia across the Lifespan, Brennan and Harvey
Eating Disorders
17. Vulnerability to Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence, Keel, Leon, and Fulkerson
18. Vulnerability to Eating Disorders in Adulthood, Schwartz and Brownell
19. Vulnerability to Eating Disorders across the Lifespan, Keel and Schwartz
IV. Summary and Future Directions of the Vulnerability Approach
20. Future Directions in the Study of Vulnerability to Psychopathology, Price and Ingram
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