Eme R. Developmental psychopathology: A primer for clinical pediatrics. World J Psychiatr 2017; 7(3): 159-162 [PMID: 29043153 DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v7.i3.159]
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Robert Eme, PhD, Illinois School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, Schaumburg Campus, 731 Grey Ave, Evanston, IL 60202, United States. robeme@icloud.com
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Psychiatry
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Minireviews
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World J Psychiatr. Sep 22, 2017; 7(3): 159-162 Published online Sep 22, 2017. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v7.i3.159
Developmental psychopathology: A primer for clinical pediatrics
Robert Eme
Robert Eme, Illinois School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, Schaumburg Campus, Evanston, IL 60202, United States
Author contributions: Eme R contributed to this paper.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict of interest associated with the author.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Robert Eme, PhD, Illinois School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, Schaumburg Campus, 731 Grey Ave, Evanston, IL 60202, United States. robeme@icloud.com
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Received: January 17, 2017 Peer-review started: January 18, 2017 First decision: March 27, 2017 Revised: March 31, 2017 Accepted: April 23, 2017 Article in press: April 25, 2017 Published online: September 22, 2017 Processing time: 244 Days and 23.9 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Developmental psychopathology is an expansive approach to understanding the processes and pathways to normal and abnormal development. The minireview articulated the four central principles upon which approach is based. Perhaps the most important tip which these principles point to is an expansion on the notion of developmental cascades as a way of advancing the sophistication and comprehensiveness of the understanding of developmental pathways. Namely the notion of developmental cascades proposes that early appearing problems can have effects that spread across multiple levels of functioning in a multiplicity of ways over time and thus provides a promising direction for the constructing developmental models for pathways of cascading effects.
