The Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of Childhood and Adolescence Unit conducts research on the origins, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders in childhood and adolescence
Specific research areas include
- Parent-child interactions and their cognitive, emotional, and psychophysiological correlates
- Transactional perspectives on developmental psychopathology with an emphasis on early childhood
- Transmission of mental health disorders
- Surveys and interventions in the daily lives of families
- Perinatal mental health and stress exposure
- Efficacy, mechanisms of action, and implementation of parenting and parent-child interventions
- Professional development, particularly in the field of early intervention