Description - Conduct and Oppositional Defiant Disorders by Cecilia A. Essau
The latter decades of the 20th century saw a steady rise in the incidence of antisocial behaviour in youth. Possible direct consequences aside, such behaviour is predictive of chronic emotional, educational and vocational impairment that is associated with hundreds of millions of dollars in costs to overtaxed mental health, social services, special education and juvenile justice systems. This volume offers a comprehensive overview of all the major aspects of conduct disorder (CD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in children and adolescents. The book is organized into three sections. The first section summarizes classification and assessment, epidemiology and comorbidity, as well as course and outcome. The second section examines factors that put children and adolescents at risk to develop CD and ODD: contextual, familial/genetic, and neuropsychological and neuroendocrine. The third section presents numerous empirically supported approaches to prevention and treatment. An epilogue reviews recent progress and unresolved questions, and suggests needs for future research.
Special attention is devoted to gender and developmental pathways in etiology, symptom expression, courses and outcomes.
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