Unit's latest publication on Child Development released!

Key journal articles in the field of child development are brought together in a new book edited by Unit Director Michael Little and Barbara Maughan, from the Institute of Psychiatry, London.

Published by Ashgate as part of its Library of Essays in Child Welfare and Development, Child Development shows how understanding of the causes and consequences of impairments to children's health and development has been transformed in recent years.
 
A range of issues are covered, including the relative contribution of genetics and the environment, the way in which the brain re-wires itself at critical points in a child's development and the interplay between environmental influences and the individual characteristics of the child.
 
Other books in the series look at the law and child development, children's services in the developing world, defining and classifying children in need, children in state care and effective interventions for children in need.
 
Reference
Maughan, B. and Little, M (2010) Child Development, Aldershot, Ashgate
 
See the publishers website for further details or to purchase a copy of the book.