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INTRODUCTION
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2. Agemismanmimportantmdevelopmentalmindexminmjudging mbehavior.
3. Culturalmnormsmfor mbehavior mrarelymimpactmdiagnosticmratesmformamdisorder.
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hmnationalmoriginmormgeographicmarea.
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ousmmentalmhealthmdisorder.
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10. Changing msocialmconditionsmmaymincreasemthemriskmofmdisordersminmyoung mpeople.
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avemdevelopmentalmconsequences.
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nsetmmaymoccur mgradually,msomthatmagemofmonsetmmaymbemanmarbitrarymestimationmrather mthanmam
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13. Schizophrenia mismamdisorder mthatmtypicallymbeginsmduring mchildhood.
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Malesmaremmoremvulnerablemthanmfemalesmtomneurodevelopmental mdisordersmthatmoccurm
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endermdifferencesminmdisruptivembehavior,mwhichmcanmresultminmgender mdifferencesminmreferralsmfo
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m being m possessedm or m influencedm bym devilsm or m somem similar m force.
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m asm them basism for m modernm classificationm systems.
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Behavior mmodificationmormbehavior mtherapymismthemexplicitmapplicationmofmlearning mprinci
plesmformthemassessmentmandmtreatmentmofmbehavioralmproblems.
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Longitudinal mstudies,mfocusing monmnormalmdevelopment,massistedminmthemunderstanding m
andmstudymofmchildmandmadolescentmdisorders.
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AnnamFreud,mammother mandmvisionary,madvocatedmestablishing mamChildmWelfaremResearchm
StationmatmthemUniversitymofmIowa.
24. PsychiatristsmearnmanmM.D.mandmpsychologistsmearnmamPh.D.
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a. Ambehavior mismexcessivelymintense.
b. Ambehavior mismqualitativelymatypical.
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