vbid/9780128113240

Description

Developmental Pathways to Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders provides essential understanding on how disruptive behavior disorder (DBD) is characterized, its early markers and etiology, and the empirically-based treatment for the disorder. The book covers features and assessment of various DBDs, including oppositional-defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and antisocial personality disorder, the psychological markers of externalizing problems, such as irritability and anger, common elements of effective evidence-based treatments for DBD for behavioral treatments, cognitive therapies, and family and community therapies. A final section discusses new and emerging insights in the prevention and treatment of DBD.

• Provides a critical foundation for understanding how disruptive behavior disorder (DBD) is defined
• Looks at early markers and etiology of DBD
• Goes beyond the surface-level treatment provided by other books, offering in-depth coverage of various DBDs, such as oppositional-defiant disorder and antisocial personality disorder
• Examines the causal factors and developmental pathways implicated in DBD
• Includes cutting-edge insights into the prevention of DBD prior to the emergence of symptoms

Typham this is the title: Developmental Pathways to Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders