Editorial: Some roads less travelled—different routes to understanding the causes of child psychopathology
Arne Lervåg
Extract
The most critical issue in our field is to understand the causes of the disorders we study. What genetic and environmental risk factors result in some children developing autism, and others depression? I discussed the issue of causation in an earlier editorial (Lervåg, 2019) and anticipated that ‘we will see many more studies in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP) testing causal relationships’. My prediction is nicely borne out by studies in the current issue of the journal.
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Prof. Arne Lervag
Professor Arne Lervåg is a Professor of Education with a specialization in Educational Psychology at the University of Oslo. Arne’s research interests include development of reading, language and mathematics skills in addition to randomised controlled trials and quantitative methods in psychology and education.
