WHAT IS DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY?
1 HISTORICAL ROOTS OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 5 DEFINITIONAL PARAMETERS OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 7 CONCEPTUAL ISSUES AND PRINCIPLES 8 Risk and Protective Factors 8 Contextual Influences 10 The Mutual Interplay between Normality and Psychopathology 11 DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS 12 Multiple Levels of Analysis 14 RESILIENCE 14 TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH 15 PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION 15 CONCLUSION 17 REFERENCES 18 In this chapter, we discuss the principles inherent to a developmental psychopathology perspective. We want to underscore that, if taken in isolation, many aspects of a developmental approach to psychopathology can be found in other fields that focus on the study of individuals with high-risk conditions and mental disorders. Nonetheless, the incorporation and integration of previously discrete concepts serve to set developmental psychopathology apart from other disciplines. In particular, a focus on the interplay between normality and pathology, the growing acceptance of t
