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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Frick, Paul J

Titel

Conduct Disorders and Severe Antisocial Behavior

Ist Teil von

• Clinical Child Psychology Library

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA : Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

1998

Link zum Volltext

• Volltext

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 1. An Introduction to Conduct Disorders -- Our Fascination with Antisocial Behavior -- A Complex and Important Construct -- An Applied-Science Orientation -- Overview of the Book’s Structure -- 2. The Nature of Antisocial Behaviors and Conduct Disorders -- Basic Characteristics -- Distinguishing Normal and Abnormal Patterns of Conduct Problems -- Dimensional or Categorical Views of Conduct Problems -- Prevalence of Antisocial Behaviors and Conduct Disorders -- Developmental Trajectories of Conduct Disorders -- Stability of Conduct Disorders -- Summary -- 3. Classification of Conduct Disorders -- The Basics of Classification -- Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder -- Subtypes Based on Patterns of Behavioral Covariation -- Subtypes Based on Socialization and Aggression -- Callous—Unemotional Traits and Conduct Disorders -- Conduct Disorders and Co-occurring Conditions -- Summary -- 4. The Etiology of Conduct Disorders -- Understanding the Development of Conduct Disor
• As reflected in the title, the purpose of this book is to guide clinicians in understanding and treating youth with severe antisocial behavior. Children and adolescents with conduct disorders operate at quite a high cost to society. In many opinion polls, juvenile crime and violence is rated as one of the most pressing concerns for many in our society. This widespread concern has prompted professionals from many disciplines to search for more effective interventions to prevent and treat youth with such disorders. This book is my attempt to summarize the current status of this very important endeavor. In providing this guide to clinicians, I have attempted to emphasize the critical link between understanding the clinical presentation, course, and causes of conduct disorders and designing effective interventions for children and adolescents with these disorders. Many past books, book chapters, and review articles have emphasized one or the other of these objectives. Some have provided excellent summaries of the vast amount of research on youth with conduct disorders without explicitly and clearly describing the clinical applications of this research. Others have focused on the implementation of specific interventions for youth with conduct disorders that is divorced from a basic understanding of the many diverse and clinically important characteristics of this population. The overriding theme of this book is that successful clinical intervention requires an integration of both bodies of knowledge