In recent decades, developmental psychopathology has emerged as a discipline for the
study of maladaptive behaviour of children and adolescents from a developmental
perspective. The articles in the special section illustrate various substantive and
methodological advances in this field, and also discuss treatment and policy
implications. In addition, some perspectives on issues are presented that will be on
the research agenda for developmental psychopathology in the coming years.
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