In this article, we celebrate Dante Cicchetti’s extensive contributions to the discipline of developmental psychopathology. In his seminal article, he articulated why developmental psychopathology was imperative to create research portfolios that could inform the causes, consequences, and trajectories for adults often initiated by early lived experiences (Cicchetti, 1984). In this three-part article, we share our transdisciplinary efforts to use developmental psychopathology as a foundational theory from which to develop, implement, and evaluate interventions for populations who experienced early adversity or who were at risk for child abuse and neglect. After describing interventions conducted at Mt. Hope Family Center that spanned over three decades, we highlight the criticality of disseminating results and address policy implications of this work. We conclude by discussing future directions to facilitate work in developmental psychopathology. Currently, one of three national National Institute of Child Health and Human Development-funded child abuse and neglect centers, we look forward to continuing to build upon Dante’s efforts to disseminate this important work to improve society for our children, our nation’s often most vulnerable and forgotten citizens.

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漫长而曲折的道路：从基础研究到实施评估的路径

在这篇文章中，我们庆祝但丁·西凯蒂对发展精神病理学学科的广泛贡献。在他的开创性文章中，他阐明了为什么发展精神病理学对于创建研究组合至关重要，这些研究组合可以为成年人提供通常由早期生活经历引发的原因、​​后果和轨迹（Cicchetti，1984）。在这篇由三部分组成的文章中，我们分享了我们的跨学科努力，以发展精神病理学作为基础理论，为经历过早期逆境或有虐待和忽视儿童风险的人群制定、实施和评估干预措施。在描述了希望山家庭中心长达三十多年的干预措施后，我们强调了传播结果的重要性并解决了这项工作的政策影响。最后，我们讨论了促进发展精神病理学工作的未来方向。目前，作为国家儿童健康和人类发展研究所资助的三个儿童虐待和忽视中心之一，我们期待着继续以但丁的努力为基础，传播这项重要的工作，为我们的儿童改善社会，他们往往是我们国家最脆弱和最脆弱的群体。被遗忘的公民。