Developmental Pathways to Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders

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 definedLooks at early markers and etiology of DBDGoes beyond the surface-level treatment provided by other books, offering in-depth coverage of various DBDs, such as oppositional-defiant disorder and antisocial personality disorderExamines the causal factors and developmental pathways implicated in DBDIncludes cutting-edge insights into the prevention of DBD prior to the emergence of symptoms

1. Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders 2. Oppositional Defiant Disorder 3. Conduct Disorder 4. Antisocial Personality Disorder 5. Negative Affect 6. Callous-unemotional Traits 7. Cognitive Attribution Bias 8. Sensation-seeking and risk-taking 9. Behavioral Treatments 10. Cognitive Therapies 11. Anger Management 12. Family and Community Therapies 13. Developmental Pathways 14. Integrative theory and treatment; Prevention