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In Part I on this book we focused on the building blocks of the developmental psychopathology approach, by laying out some of the problems with traditional approaches to psychopathology and then reviewing the fundamental principles of developmental psychopathology, normal development, and attachment theory.

In Part II, we shift our focus to various forms of psychopathology, though you will see that each chapter also includes discussion of normal development—a hallmark of the developmental psychopathology approach. Each chapter will focus on a category of problems that typically emerges during early and middle childhood, including problems of development, behavior, and emotion. You will see that all of the chapters in this section tend to follow the same format; in fact, it was the format you were introduced to in Chapter 3 (insecure attachment). Consistent with the developmental psychopathology approach, each chapter will first describe the problem, giving you a sense of how many (and what kinds of) people in society it affects and how it changes across development. Then, we will focus on genetics, neurobiology, temperament, cognition, and context as risk and/or protective factors. Finally, chapters close with how practitioners are making use of the research described to craft and deliver treatments, or interventions, for people with psychopathology.

Towards the end of Part III, we hope that you will be comfortable with the developmental psychopathology approach and be accustomed to thinking of problems as emerging through the interaction of risk factors, protective factors, and development. In this part, we will practice these skills focusing on problems that emerge in childhood, specifically:

 Chapter 5. Attention‐Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

 Chapter 6. Autism Spectrum Disorder

 Chapter 7. Emergence of Antisocial Behavior in Middle Childhood

 Chapter 8. Fear and Anxiety