01:830:333 Study Guide - Compas, Major Depressive Disorder, Major Depressive Episode

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:333
• Professor: All

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Chapter 13: problems (skip problems and disorders section) Adolescent development; dickson, f09: be able to recognize examples of the biopsychosocial and developmental psychopathological approaches to adolescent problems. Biopsychosocial approach emphasizes that biological, psychological, and social factors interact to produce the problems that adolescents, emerging adults, and people of other ages develop. Developmental psychopathological approach focuses on describing and exploring the development pathways of problems. Seek to establish links between early precursors of a problem (like risk factors and early experiences) and outcomes (delinquency or depression). Developmental pathways describe continuities and transformations in factors that influence outcomes: be able to recognize examples of internalizing and externalizing problems. Internalizing problems occur when individuals turn teir problems inward anxiety and depression. Males with internalizing patterns were likely to have similar forms of problems at age 21 but no risk of externalizing problems. Presence of an externalizing pattern elevated the risk for antisocial problems at age 21.