ABSTRACT
Relatively recently, Kuhn (1970) observed that the field of psychopathology had no single paradigm that was dominant, and consequently the study of psychopathology was described as a “preparadigmatic” science. Although the field has continued to evolve in a pre-paradigmatic manner, the DSM-III and DSM-III-R represent significant movement toward a more integrated perspective with respect to the classification and diagnosis of child and adolescent psychopathology. In particular, these gains were evident in the evolution of the developmental disorders and subsequent expansion in the sheer number of these disorders described in the DSM-III and DSM-III-R. This volume provides expert views with respect to many of the major developmental disorders described in the current version of the DSM.
