Harris' Developmental Neuropsychiatry: The Interface with Cognitive and Social Neuroscience

James C Harris, MD received his BS from the University of Maryland, MD from George Washington Medical School, and completed residencies at L.A. Children's and Johns Hopkins Hospitals and a fellowship at Kennedy Institute and Johns Hopkins Hospital. He served as Director of Developmental Neuropsychiatry at The Kennedy Institute and Johns Hopkins Hospital (1976-92) and Director of Child Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins (1978-82). He was appointed Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1997. He has authored 109 scientific articles and chapters, five books and 148 Art and Images in Psychiatry.Joseph T Coyle, MD received his BA from Holy Cross College, MD from Johns Hopkins University and completed a pediatric internship and a residency in Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He served as the Director of Child Psychiatry at Hopkins (1982-91) and was appointed the Eben S. Draper Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at HarvardMedical School in 1991 and was also appointed the academic Chairman of Psychiatry (1991-2001). He has authored over 600 scientific articles and chapters and 13 books. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (1991) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994).

As the number of individuals diagnosed with neuropsychiatric disorders continues to increase, this book is essential to the field.

• Introduction: Historical Landmarks In Developmental Neuropsychiatry Part I: Clinical Methods of Assessment and Examination in Developmental Neuropsychiatry 1. Assessment, Interview, and Behavior Rating2. Neuropsychological Testing: Assessing The Mechanisms of Cognition And Complex Behavioral Functioning Part II: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 3. Attention4. Emotion 5. Language6. Memory7. The Human Connectome8. Consciousness Part III; Social Neuroscience 9. Attachment10. Developmental Social Neuroscience11. Attachment Security Disorders12. Emergence of The Self13. Temperament Part IV: Neurodevelopmental Disorders 14. Intellectual Developmental Disorder15. Autism Spectrum Disorder16. ADHD17. Specific Learning Disorders18. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder19. Challenging Behavior: Aggression and Self-Injury