Clinical Psychology and Developmental Considerations Across the Lifespan
Book Chapter
Comer, JS, Nelson, CL, Freitag, G et al. (2022). Clinical Psychology and Developmental Considerations Across the Lifespan
. 1 168-184. 10.1016/B978-0-12-818697-8.00202-8
Comer, JS, Nelson, CL, Freitag, G et al. (2022). Clinical Psychology and Developmental Considerations Across the Lifespan
. 1 168-184. 10.1016/B978-0-12-818697-8.00202-8
The field has increasingly used developmental science to systematically inform clinical psychological science, and recent years have witnessed rapid advances in the developmentally informed study and treatment of youth and older adults. The present chapter outlines the basic principles that underlie developmentally informed clinical psychology, and provides an overview of developmental considerations as they relate to the understanding and treatment of mental health problems in youth and in older adults. Throughout, we pay particular attention to the ways in which advances in intervention science have worked to optimize the developmental compatibility of treatments for individuals across the lifespan.
