The aggressive adolescent : clinical and forensic issues / / Daniel L. Davis

• Autore: Davis Daniel Leifeld
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85/82/00835; 616.858200835
• Soggetto topico: Violence in adolescence; At-risk youth - Rehabilitation
• Note generali: First published 2000 by the Haworth Press.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Clinical Prologue; The Parable of Nasrudin; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Problem of Violence in Our Society; The Problem of Juvenile Violence; The Misperception of the Decline in Juvenile Crime; Chapter 2. The Problem of Violence in Mental Health Treatment; The Violent Adult Psychiatric Patient; The Increasing Severity of Emotional Problems of Violent Youth in Corrections; Violence in Treatment Settings; A New Paradigm for Treatment of Violent Youth ; Chapter 3. Developmental Sequences Utilizing a Cognitive-Behavioral Expressive ModelGeneral Concepts of Development; Chapter 4. Pathways of Violent Youth; The Developmental Pathway Model; Chapter 5. General Principles of Cognitive Development; Cognitive Characteristics of Violent Youth; Cognitive Processes of Aggressive Youth; Chapter 6. Affective Development; Affective Responses; Biological Factors; Chapter 7. Clinical Characteristics of Violent Youth; Psychological Testing and Psychiatric Diagnosis; Risk Factors; Clinical Aggression Risk Variables; Dangerousness Index ; Chapter 8. Homicidal Adolescents: Hearts Darkened Before Their TimeResearch Review of Characteristics of Juvenile Murders; Typologies; The Psychotic Adolescent Murderer; The Criminal Adolescent Murderer; Interpersonal Conflict; Chapter 9. General Principles in the Treatment of Violent Youth; Cognitive Interventions; Affective Interventions; Behavioral Coping Skills; Environmental Interventions; Pitfalls and Clinical Provocation of Violence; The Discharge of Violent Youth; Chapter 10. The Clinical Experience of Unwilling Youth; The Four Types of Mental Health Problems ; The Trust-Control DichotomyThe Problem of the Mental Health Cure-All; Techniques of Intervention with Unwilling Youth; The Therapist's Expectations; Chapter 11. Forensic Psychological Aspects of Care; Some Important Considerations; The Criminalization of Juvenile Justice: The Increasing Role of Forensic Practice in Juvenile Courts; Waiver/Bind Over of Juveniles to Adult Courts; Competency to Stand Trial; Victim Trauma and the Witness Disclosure Process in Child Abuse; Eyewitness Testimony and Victim Recall; Criminal Responsibility and Juvenile Courts; Malingering ; Chapter 12. Malpractice: Regarding Each Other TestilyWorrying About Litigation; Malpractice Defined; Confidentiality; Duty to Warn; Post-Tarasoff Legislative Responses; Useful Information and an Afterword: How to Find a Good Mechanic; Methods of Nonviolent Conflict Resolution; Helping the Helper; Reference Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Maximize your effectiveness with troubled kids!The Aggressive Adolescent: Clinical and Forensic Issues provides mental health professionals with a comprehensive text that covers both theoretical and practical applied knowledge of aggressive youth in a specific, problem-focused way. Through case histories and practical treatment interventions, this unique book will give you information to help you provide improved services to adolescents who have experienced neglect, physical abuse, and/or sexual abuse. The Aggressive Adolescent offers you a new model for practical and functional asse
• Titolo autorizzato: The aggressive adolescent
• ISBN: 1-317-82618-3; 0-7890-0910-2; 1-315-82154-0; 1-317-82619-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791189603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II