Children and behavioural problems : anxiety, aggression, depression and biopsychological model with guidelines for diagnostics and treatment / Martine F. Delfos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delfos, Martine F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adolescent psychopathology.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adolescence.

Behavior disorders in children--Treatment.

Behavior disorders in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Delfos discusses a variety of childhood behavioural problems, including anxiety problems, depression and ADHD. Presenting a model of the interplay of environment, disposition and central nervous system development, she shows how differences in brain structure between the sexes may play a part in behavioural problems in children and adolescents.

Contents:

Children and Behavioural ProblemsAnxiety, Aggression, Depressionand ADHD - A Biopsychological Modelwith Guidelines for Diagnostics and Treatment; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Confusing terminology; A new conceptual framework; The source of the behaviour and the strategy for professional care; A biopsychological model; Part 1The Model; 2Disorder versus Impediment; Predisposition; Environment; Maturation; Maturation disorders; Interaction between predisposition and environment; Disorder versus impediment; Food for the brain; Visible versus non-visible; Summary

3Differences between Men and WomenMan or woman, xy or xx?; The biological self; The immune system; Perception of illness by women; Biological self > psychological self >neural self; Me-other differentiation and empathy; Moral development; Testosterone and the central nervous system; Testosterone: aggression and action-readiness; The anxiety model; The corpus callosum; Self-reflection; Summary; 4 Conduct Difficulties: The Conduct Disorder; Externalising and internalising; The conduct disorder; The power of testosterone; Me-other differentiation; Egocentricity and empathy; Moral development

The ability to self-reflectThe autonomic nervous system; Lowered consciousness; Hormones during puberty; Depression; Psychopathy; Predisposition and environment; Antisocial behaviour and socially anxious behaviour; Outline of characteristics of the externalising and internalisingconduct disorder; Summary; 5Conduct DifficultiesThe Conduct Problem; Sources of conduct problems; The childrearing situation and itssocio-cultural context; Puberty; Traumas; Divorce; Summary; 6The Attention Deficit-HyperactivityDisorder, ADHD; Characteristics of ADHD

List of symptoms of ADHD according to the DSM-IV (AmericanPsychiatric Association 1994)Hyperactivity; Learning disorders; Conduct problems with the child with ADHD; Externalising conduct disorder and ADHD; Summary; 7Typical Behaviours; Antisocial behaviour; Socially anxious behaviour; Summary; Part 2Professional Help; 8Diagnostics; Externalising conduct disorder versus externalising conductproblem; Internalising conduct disorder versus internalising conductproblem; ADHD, Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, versushyperactivity; Co-morbidity; Anxiety and depression; Summary

9The Treatment of an ExternalisingConduct DisorderTreatment areas; Medication?; Me-other differentiation, empathy and self-reflection; The necessity of structure; Behavioural therapeutic techniques; Psychiatric or educational residential help?; Who does what in professional help?; Summary; 10The Treatment of an InternalisingConduct Disorder; Treatment areas; Medication?; Cognitions to label the anxiety; Behaviour therapy; Depression; Psychiatric or educational residential help?; Who does what in professional help?; Summary; 11The Treatment of Externalising andInternalising Conduct Problems

Treatment areas

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1423709772

1-280-26676-7

9781423709772

9786610266760

1-4237-0977-2

1-84642-009-1

OCLC:

84146514