Conduct disorders in childhood and adolescence / Alan E. Kazdin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kazdin, Alan E.

Series:

Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ; v. 9.

Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ; volume 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct disorders in children.

Conduct disorders in adolescence.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Sage Publications, Inc., [1995]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"This volume provides a thorough and well-balanced review of the topic of conduct disorders in childhood and adolescence. An opening chapter gives the reader a good sense of the nature, complexity, and magnitude of the problem for parents, caretakers, and mental health professionals; the remainder of the book explains what we currently know about children and adolescents with behavior problems. One chapter each is devoted to diagnosis and assessment, characteristics of the disorder, treatment, prevention, and directions for future research and social policy." --Matthjis Koopmans in Journal of Adolescence "This is another excellent little book, in the Sage Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Series. Read and enjoy. --Ewen Rennie in BPS Division of Educational & Child Psychology

Contents:

1. Introduction and Nature of the Problem 1

Two Case Illustrations 2

Clinical and Social Significance 5

Defining and Identifying Antisocial Behaviors 8

Conduct Disorder Youths and Their Families 13

Three Vignettes 16

Summary and Overview of Remaining Chapters 18

2. Diagnosis and Assessment 21

Diagnosis of Conduct Disorder 21

Developmental Variations in Conduct Disorder 26

Subtypes of Conduct Disorder 28

Assessment of Antisocial Behavior 34

Current Issues and Limitations 45

3. Risk Factors, Onset, and Course of Dysfunction 50

Risk Factors for the Onset of Conduct Disorder 51

Protective Factors 63

Mechanisms and Processes Leading to Conduct Disorder 65

Conduct Disorder Over the Life Span 68

4. Current Treatments 75

Identifying Effective Treatments 75

Highly Promising Approaches 79

Salient Issues in Treatment Research 95

5. Prevention 100

Promising Prevention Programs 103

Major Issues and Obstacles 114

6. New Directions for Research 122

Diagnosis and Evaluation of Conduct Disorder 122

Sampling Issues 127

Expanding the Models to Develop and to Evaluate Interventions 132

Social Policy and Action 142.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Kazdin, Alan E. Conduct disorders in childhood and adolescence.

ISBN:

9781452247205

OCLC:

872675544

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.