Books in the International Studies on Childhood & Adolescence series

Social change is likely to impact normative as well as maladaptive development during adolescence. This book offers insights into the macro-and-micro-level mechanisms that bring about the changes, such as the demands by new social insitutions or challenges facing families.

Contributors to this text present the current professional discussion on the increasingly radical ideas on the reorganization of the welfare state systems after World War II.

This text presents 12 popular theories in psychology, and their applicability to issues of child development in urban environments is tested.

No detailed description available for "Growing up in Europe".

Frontmatter -- International Studies on Childhood and Adolescence (ISCA) -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Part I: Epidemiological and Cultural Issues -- The Incidence of Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescent Residents of Rochester, Minnesota, During a 50-Year Period -- A Population Study of Bulima Nervosa and Subclinical Eating Disorders in Adolescence -- Transcultural Comparisons of Adolescent Eating Disorders -- Part II: Clinical and Psychological Issues -- Individual and Family Factors in Adolescents with Eating Symptoms and Syndromes -- Social Avoidance, Social Negativism, and Disorders of Empathy in a Subgroup of Young Individuals with Anorexia Nervosa -- Risk Factors For The Development of Early Onset Bulimia Nervosa -- Precursors and Risk Factors of Juvenile Eating Disorders -- Anorexia Nervosa and Depression: Results of a Longitudinal Study -- How Specific Are Body Image Disturbances in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa? -- Sexual Abuse and Psychological Dysfunctioning in Eating Disorders -- Neurobiology of Eating Disorders in Adolescence -- Psychophysiology of Anorexia Nervosa -- Part III: Management and Treatment -- Medical Assessment and the Initial Interview in the Management of Young Patients with Anorexia Nervosa -- The Inpatient Management of the Adolescent Patient with Anorexia Nervosa -- Fsychopharmacology in Adolescents with Eating Disorders -- The Place of Family Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders -- Part IV: Course and Outcome -- Comparative Studies on the Course of Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Adults. Is Age at Onset a Predictor of Outcome? -- The Utrecht Prospective Longitudinal Studies on Eating Disorders in Adolescence: Course and the Predictive Power of Personality and Family Variables. -- The Outcome of Adolescent Eating Disorders in Two Different European Regions -- Subject Index