Conduct Disorders in Youth

Conduct Disorders in Youth deals with the maladaptive behavior, delinquency and other forms of waywardness in youth. It features significant contributions from the research literature relating to the subject in general and to the South African situation in particular. This book is organized into three main parts. The chapters evaluate the usefulness of some psychological tests such as the I PAT Anxiety Scale Questionnaire, the Children's Personality Questionnaire (CPQ) and the High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ) as diagnostic instruments. They also provide an inventory of behavioral characteristics that can help in identifying symptoms of conduct disorders. This book also features a detailed discussion of two clinical case histories to exemplify the main points formulated in the text. This book will be of interest to students reading for degrees and diplomas in psychology, education, psychiatry, social work, psychiatric nursing, sociology and criminology.

ContentsForeword Part I: Rethinking the Problem Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Nosological Issues Nosology and the Psychodiagnostic Dilemma in Clinical Work The Younger Patient The Symptomatic Patient and Diagnosis Can We Resolve the Dilemma? Towards a Taxonomy of Conduct Disorders Chapter Three: The Nature of Conduct Disorders Introduction Problems of Definition The Concept of Delinquency The Concept of Pre-delinquency The Concept of Conduct Disorders A Brief Comparative-Historical Overview Legal Correctional Development The Child-Guidance Clinic and Early Studies on Conduct Disorders Our Modern Technocratic Society and Conduct Disorders Sex Differences and Sex Composition in Conduct Disorders Studies of Conduct Disorders in Females The Epidemiology of Conduct Disorders Part II: Diagnosis and Management of Conduct Disorders Chapter Four: The Need for a Multifactorial Approach to Conduct Disorder Etiology Introduction The Traditional Approach The Biogenic Approach The Cultural Approach The Sociogenic Approach The Psychogenic Approach Conduct Disorders as Reflected by Psychotic Disturbances Conduct Disorders as Reflected by Organic Disturbances Conduct Disorders as Reflected by Disturbances of a Characterologically Asocial Orientation Conduct Disorders as Reflected by Disturbances of a Symptom Neurotic Orientation Conclusions Chapter Five: Further Differential Guidelines to Patterns of Conduct Disorders Predicting and Identifying Conduct Disorders Conduct Disorders, Neurotic Disorders and Anxiety Conduct Disorders and Organicity Conduct Disorders and Schizophrenia Multiple Diagnosis and Conduct Disorders Identifying the Characterological and the Symptom Neurotic Conduct Disordered Sub-Types Chapter Six: Strategies for Behaviour Change in Conduct Disorders Psychotherapy with Adolescents: Some Perspectives Differential Treatment of Conduct Disorders Individual Psychotherapy and Behaviour Therapy for Conduct Disorders Group Therapy for Conduct Disorders Family Therapy and Parent Counselling for Conduct Disorders Psychopharmacotherapy for Conduct Disorders The Acute Therapeutic Unit and the Nursing Sister The School as a Therapeutic Agent Mental Health Consultation Treatment Outcome and Follow-up Feedback Chapter Seven: Prevention of Conduct Disorders Introduction Prevention and the Educational System Prevention Through Community and Individual Programs Prevention and Parenthood Prevention and the Dissemination of Knowledge Prevention, Community Psychology and Mental HealthPart III: Research Considerations Chapter Eight: Directions for Future Research Idiographic versus Nomothetic Approaches in Research on Conduct Disorders Some Specific Research Preferences Chapter Nine: Comments on Two Patient Profiles Introduction Patient No. 1 Patient No. 2 References Author Index Subject Index