Psychosocial Disorders in Young People: Time Trends and Their Causes

Sir Michael J. Rutter (Editor), David J. Smith (Editor)

ISBN: 978-0-471-95054-7

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864 pages

July 1995

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Partial table of contents:

OBJECTIVES AND METHODS.

Causal Concepts and Their Testing (M. Rutter).

Individual Development and Social Change (G. Caprara & M.Rutter).

CHANGING CONDITIONS AND INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT.

Changing Family Patterns in Western Europe: Opportunity and RiskFactors for Adolescent Development (L. Hess).

Living Conditions in the Twentieth Century (D. Smith).

Media and Problem Behaviours in Young People (E. Wartella).

THE TARGET DISORDERS.

Youth Crime and Conduct Disorders: Trends, Patterns and CausalExplanations (D. Smith).

Secular Trends in Substance Use: Concepts and Data on the Impact ofSocial Change on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (R. Silbereisen, etal.).

Depressive Disorders: Time Trends and Possible ExplanatoryMechanisms (E. Fombonne).

CONCLUSIONS.

Time Trends in Psychosocial Disorders of Youth (D. Smith & M.Rutter).

Towards Causal Explanations of Time Trends in PsychosocialDisorders of Youth (M. Rutter & D. Smith).

Index.