Developmental Psychology for the Helping Professions Evidence-Based

This book offers a bio-psycho-social approach to evidence-based practice in health and social care. The book presents current evidence on the influence of genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors on behaviour, a survey of developmental factors from c

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Developmental Psychology for the Helping Professions

Also by Brian Sheldon BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION: Theory, Practice, and Philosophy (1982) COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY: Research and Practice (1994) EVIDENCE BASED SOCIAL CARE: A Study of Prospects and Problems (with Rupa Chilvers) (2002) RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN SOCIAL CARE: Mind the Gap (2002) A TEXT BOOK OF SOCIAL WORK (with G.M. Macdonald) (2009) COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY: Research & Practice in Health and Social Care (2011)

Developmental Psychology for the Helping Professions Evidence-Based Practice in Health and Social Care Brian Sheldon Peninsular Medical School University of Exeter, UK

© Brian Sheldon 2015 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-137-32113-8 ISBN 978-1-137-32114-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137321145

This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sheldon, Brian. Developmental psychology for the helping professions : evidence-based practice in health and social care / Brian Sheldon, Peninsular Medical School University of Exeter, UK. pages cm 1. Developmental psychology. I. Title. BF713.S514 2015 155—dc23

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For Rita Malpas Sheldon, a natural in this matter of child development, and for Professor Geraldine Macdonald and Dr Jane Dennis of the Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations, who already know what I think of them.

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Contents

List of Tables and Figures

viii

Preface

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Acknowledgements

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About the Author

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