PSYCO239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Parent Management Training, Enuresis, Encopresis
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As many as 10% of children, three-quarters of them boys, qualify for this diagnosis. Children with a mild conduct disorder may improve over time, but severe cases frequently continue into adulthood and develop into antisocial personality disorder or other psychological problems. Relational aggression: individuals are socially isolated and primarily display social misdeeds: slander, rumor-starting, friendship manipulation. How do clinicians treat conduct disorder: treatments for conduct disorder are generally most effective with children younger than 13, today"s clinicians are increasingly combining several approaches into a wide-ranging treatment program. School programs: in contrast to these other approaches, institutionalization in juvenile training centers has not met with much success and may, in fact, strengthen delinquent behavior, child-focused treatments. Focus primarily on the child with conduct disorder. Problem-solving skills training: modeling, practice, role-playing, and systematic rewards. Anger coping and coping power program has children participate in group sessions that teach them to manage their anger more effectively.
