Conduct Disorders and Severe Antisocial Behavior
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,
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Clinical Child Psychology Library Series Editors:
Michael C. Roberts and Annette M. La Greca
ANXIETY AND PHOBIC DISORDERS A Pragmatic Approach Wendy K. Silverman and William M. Kurtines AUTISM Understanding the Disorder Gary B. Mesibov, Lynn W. Adams, and Laura G. Klinger CONDUCT DISORDERS AND SEVERE ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR Paul J. Frick INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY Glen P. Aylward MANAGING MANAGED CARE Michael C. Roberts and Linda K. Hurley PARENT-CHILD INTERACTION THERAPY Toni L. Hembree-Kigin and Cheryl Bodiford McNeil SEXUALITY
A Developmental Approach to Problems Betty N. Gordon and Carolyn S. Schroeder
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Conduct Disorders and Severe Antisocial 8ehavior Paul J. Frick University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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Preface
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 success
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