Originally published in 1991, this monograph presents pioneering work on the growth and development of triplets, quadruplets and quintuplets. Twelve years were spent researching the effects of multiple caregiving, low birthweight and intra-uterine conditions on the personality development of multiple birth children. Child development specialists, psychologists and clinical psychologists will find this work applies not only to multiple birth children, but also to those born with low birthweights or other high-risk complications.

Originally published in 1991, this monograph presents pioneering work on the growth and development of triplets, quadruplets and quintuplets. Twelve years were spent researching the effects of multiple caregiving, low birthweight and intra-uterine conditions on the personality development of multiple birth children. Child development specialists, psychologists and clinical psychologists will find this work applies not only to multiple birth children, but also to those born with low birthweights or other high-risk complications.

Providing a thorough review of current developmental and clinical studies, Volume 19 of "Adolescent Psychiatry" addresses a number of significant topics related to adolescent psychological, social and behavioural development. Featured are papers discussing education and social reality, the role of interdisciplinary consultation, childhood maladjustment and indicators of adolescent psychopathology, creativity and productivity, education and poverty, and adolescent suicide.