Children and behavioural problems [[electronic resource] ] : anxiety, aggression, depression and biopsychological model with guidelines for diagnostics and treatment / / Martine F. Delfos

• Autore: Delfos Martine F
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Jessica Kingsley, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.92/8914
• Soggetto topico: Adolescent psychopathology; Attention-deficit disorder in adolescence; Behavior disorders in children - Treatment; Behavior disorders in children
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Children and Behavioural ProblemsAnxiety, Aggression, Depressionand ADHD - A Biopsychological Modelwith Guidelines for Diagnostics and Treatment; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Confusing terminology; A new conceptual framework; The source of the behaviour and the strategy for professional care; A biopsychological model; Part 1The Model; 2Disorder versus Impediment; Predisposition; Environment; Maturation; Maturation disorders; Interaction between predisposition and environment; Disorder versus impediment; Food for the brain; Visible versus non-visible; Summary ; 3Differences between Men and WomenMan or woman, xy or xx?; The biological self; The immune system; Perception of illness by women; Biological self > psychological self >neural self; Me-other differentiation and empathy; Moral development; Testosterone and the central nervous system; Testosterone: aggression and action-readiness; The anxiety model; The corpus callosum; Self-reflection; Summary; 4 Conduct Difficulties: The Conduct Disorder; Externalising and internalising; The conduct disorder; The power of testosterone; Me-other differentiation; Egocentricity and empathy; Moral development ; The ability to self-reflectThe autonomic nervous system; Lowered consciousness; Hormones during puberty; Depression; Psychopathy; Predisposition and environment; Antisocial behaviour and socially anxious behaviour; Outline of characteristics of the externalising and internalisingconduct disorder; Summary; 5Conduct DifficultiesThe Conduct Problem; Sources of conduct problems; The childrearing situation and itssocio-cultural context; Puberty; Traumas; Divorce; Summary; 6The Attention Deficit-HyperactivityDisorder, ADHD; Characteristics of ADHD ; List of symptoms of ADHD according to the DSM-IV (AmericanPsychiatric Association 1994)Hyperactivity; Learning disorders; Conduct problems with the child with ADHD; Externalising conduct disorder and ADHD; Summary; 7Typical Behaviours; Antisocial behaviour; Socially anxious behaviour; Summary; Part 2Professional Help; 8Diagnostics; Externalising conduct disorder versus externalising conductproblem; Internalising conduct disorder versus internalising conductproblem; ADHD, Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, versushyperactivity; Co-morbidity; Anxiety and depression; Summary ; 9The Treatment of an ExternalisingConduct DisorderTreatment areas; Medication?; Me-other differentiation, empathy and self-reflection; The necessity of structure; Behavioural therapeutic techniques; Psychiatric or educational residential help?; Who does what in professional help?; Summary; 10The Treatment of an InternalisingConduct Disorder; Treatment areas; Medication?; Cognitions to label the anxiety; Behaviour therapy; Depression; Psychiatric or educational residential help?; Who does what in professional help?; Summary; 11The Treatment of Externalising andInternalising Conduct Problems ; Treatment areas
• Sommario/riassunto: Delfos discusses a variety of childhood behavioural problems, including anxiety problems, depression and ADHD. Presenting a model of the interplay of environment, disposition and central nervous system development, she shows how differences in brain structure between the sexes may play a part in behavioural problems in children and adolescents.
• Titolo autorizzato: Children and behavioural problems
• ISBN: 1423709772; 1-280-26676-7; 9781423709772; 9786610266760; 1-4237-0977-2; 1-84642-009-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450303703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II