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Annotation: This book offers information on the developmental assets needed by children to grow into resilient, socially responsible, and productive adults. The book concentrates on the attitudes, skills and community supports which foster good developmental outcomes in children and youth. A model of forty developmental assets are identified, and information is given on how these forty assets were selected. External assets are categorized as support, empowerment, boundaries, and constructive use of time. Internal assets are categorized as commitment to learning, positive values, social competencies and positive identity. A list of suggested readings is included.

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Keywords: Child behavior, Child development, Community role, Emotional maturity, Protective factors, Psychological characteristics, Psychosocial development

Annotation: This book, aimed at clinical psychologists and psychiatrists, discusses the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of depression in children and adolescents. Chapters mention etiology, such as the effects of emotional development in infancy, life events and genetics; physiology; diagnosis; treatment, including psychopharmacology and psychotherapy; and suicidal behavior and its prevention. The final chapter covers research into the affected child's subsequent development.

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Keywords: Adolescent development, Child development, Depression, Drug therapy, Etiology, Incidence, Psychiatry, Psychological characteristics, Psychological development, Psychotherapy, Suicide

Annotation: This report provides information on problems and issues of psychological assessments of refugees in mental health programs. It discusses limitations of cross-ethnic clinical assessment, highlights promising procedures, and includes recommendations. It includes an index of psychological tests for cross-cultural assessment, which lists psychological tests to be applied to different cultures, listed by test and by language. Some of these tests are available in Spanish, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, and Hmong.

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Keywords: Asian language materials, Cultural barriers, Cultural sensitivity, Guidelines, Psychological characteristics, Psychological evaluation, Refugees, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This book reports on a research study of the psychodynamics of pregnancy and their effect on the infant. It provides information on the behavioral aspect of pregnancy: problems associated with pregnancy, family dynamics, and infant and parent well-being. It discusses background variables, pregnancy adaptation, expectant fathers, maternal adaptation, prenatal counseling, postpartum disorders, infantile colic, dimensions of infant behavior, and the effects of infant temperament and sex on maternal behavior. It ends with appendices on evaluations during the prenatal and postnatal periods, a compendium of factor scales, initial factor analyses, and statistical tables.

Keywords: Attachment behavior, Father child relations, Infant behavior, Maternal mental health, Mother child relations, Parenting attitudes, Pregnant women, Psychological characteristics, Research

Annotation: The purpose of this book is to provide the pediatrician with up-to-date information and resources to assume a role in the treatment of children with mental retardation. The contents discuss mental retardation from the perspectives of diagnosis and evaluation, health services, genetic considerations, metabolic aspects, community services, residential care, legal considerations, psychological aspects, speech and language development, educational aspects, psychiatric considerations, nursing services, nutrition, physical therapy, and counseling.

Keywords: Children, Community programs, Counseling, Diagnosis, Evaluation, Genetics, Health services, Language development, Legal issues, Mental retardation, Metabolic diseases, Nursing services, Nutrition, Pediatricians, Physical therapy, Psychological characteristics, Residential care, Speech development

Annotation: The purpose of this book is to review studies of reproduction whose content and levels of concern are oriented toward a social-science viewpoint, to examine the issues raised in these studies, and to suggest areas in which further research may contribute to an increased understanding of reproduction. To introduce the subject matter and provide a perspective for approaching the reviews, the authors delineate some of the underlying concepts of the research described in this volume and exemplify them with points derived from the reviews and other sources. These underlying concepts are psychological stress, social class, customs and practices, values, policy and legislation, and animal and human behavior.

Keywords: Childbirth, Environment, Psychological characteristics, Reproduction, Sociocultural factors