title: Introduction to the special section on clinical adolescent psychology: developmental psychopathology and treatment.
abstract: This article addresses implications of the interface between developmental psychology and clinical psychology for research on adolescence and describes the importance of considering developmental level when designing treatments for adolescent patients. In addition, the articles that constitute the special section, "Clinical Adolescent Psychology: Developmental Psychopathology and Treatment," are introduced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Loyola University of Chicago, Illinois 60626, USA. gholmbe@luc.edu
authors.forename: Grayson N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Holmbeck
authors.forename: Philip C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Kendall
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent