A valuable and convenient collection of the work of the influential and renowned child and adolescent psychiatrist, Michael Rutter. This book will be of interest to child and adolescent psychiatrists, academic psychologists, developmental psychologists, social workers, and workers in specialist education, academic nursing, adult psychiatry and neurological medical specialities.

Part I. Developmental Psychopathology: 1. Pathways from childhood to adult life Michael Rutter; 2. Epidemiological approaches to developmental psychopathology Michael Rutter; Part II. Genetics: 3. Opportunities for psychiatry from genetic findings Michael Rutter and Robert Plomin; Part III. Assessment: 4. Classification and categorization in child psychiatry Michael Rutter; 5. Psychiatric interviewing techniques. IV. Experimental study: four contrasting styles Michael Rutter, Antony Cox, Stella Egert, Daphne Holbrook and Brian Everitt; Part IV. Psychiatric Disorders: 6. Genetic influences and autism Michael Rutter, Anthony Bailey, Emily Simonoff and Andrew Pickles; 7. The treatment of autistic children Michael Rutter; 8. Heterogeneity of antisocial behavior: causes, continuities, and consequences Michael Rutter, Barbara Maughan, Joanne Meyer, Andrew Pickles, Judy Silberg, Emily Smonoff and Eric Taylor; 9. Syndromes attributed to 'minimal brain dysfunction' in childhood Michael Rutter; 10. Psychological sequelae of brain damage in children Michael Rutter; 11. Adolescent turmoil: fact or fiction? Michael Rutter, Philip Graham, O. E. D. Chadwick and William Yule; Part V. Psychosocial Risks: 12. Maternal deprivation, 1972-8: new findings, new concepts, new approaches Michael Rutter; 13. Family and school influences on cognitive development Michael Rutter; 14. Family and school influences on behavioural development Michael Rutter; 15. Why are London children so disturbed? Michael Rutter; Part VI. Principal Scientific Publications; Index.