Conduct Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence

595 Pages·2000·39.57 MB·English

by  Jonathan Hill

Conductdisordersinchildhoodandadolescence
Conductdisordersareverycommoninthepopulationandthemostfrequentreasonforclinical
referralstochildandadolescentmentalhealthfacilities.Aggressionandoppositionalbehaviours
in young children often become persistent, and substantially increase the likelihood of adult
problemsofcriminality,unstablerelationships,psychiatricdisorderandharshparenting.
Thiscomprehensivebookreviewsestablishedandemergingaspectsofconductdisorder,with
contributionsfromleadingcliniciansandresearchersinthefield.Theyhighlightthecomplexity
and probable heterogeneity of the condition, with chapters on genetic, biological, neuro-
psychologicalandcognitivefactors,andtheroleofattachment,familyandwidersocialinfluen-
ces.Influencesonthepersistenceofconductproblemsthroughchildhoodandintoadultlifeare
reviewed, as are preventative and treatment approaches. The book concludes with a con-
siderationof recent progress and future directions, by MichaelRutter. Throughout the book
developmentalandgender-basedvariationsareemphasized.
Integratingfindingsfromawiderangeofresearchperspectives,thisisauniquelyauthoritative
surveyofacommonclinicalandsocialproblem,andwillbeessentialreadingformentalhealth
practitionersandotherswithclinical,sociologicalor medicolegalinterestsinchildhealthand
behaviour.
JonathanHillisProfessorofChildandDevelopmentalPsychiatryattheUniversityofLiverpool
and Alder Hey Children’sHospital, and research consultantto the Child and Family Center,
MenningerClinic,Topeka,Kansas.HispublicationsincludeMind,MeaningandMentalDisorder
withDerekBoltonandpapersonadultpsychosocialfunctioningfollowingillnessormaltreat-
mentinchildhood.
BarbaraMaughanisamemberoftheMRCExternalScientificStaffattheSocial,Geneticand
DevelopmentalPsychiatryResearch Centre at the Instituteof Psychiatryin London. She has
publishedwidelyintheareaofchildren’sbehaviour,includingco-authoringthenowclassictext
FifteenThousandHours:SecondarySchoolsandtheirEffectsonChildren.
CambridgeChildandAdolescentPsychiatry
Childandadolescentpsychiatryisanimportantandgrowingareaofclinicalpsychiatry.Thelastdecade
hasseenarapidexpansionofscientificknowledgeinthisfieldandhasprovidedanewunderstandingof
theunderlyingpathologyofmentaldisordersintheseagegroups.Thisseriesisaimedatpractitioners
and researchers both in child and adolescent mental health services and developmental and clinical
neuroscience.Focusingonpsychopathology,ithighlightsthosetopicswherethegrowthofknowledge
has had the greatest impact on clinical practiceand on the treatment and understandingof mental
illness. Individual volumes benefit both from the international expertise of their contributors and a
coherencegeneratedthroughauniformstyleandstructurefortheseries.Eachvolumeprovidesfirstly
anhistoricaloverviewandacleardescriptiveaccountofthepsychopathologyofaspecificdisorderor
group of related disorders. These featuresthen form the basis for a thoroughcritical review of the
etiology,naturalhistory,management,preventionandimpactonlateradultadjustment.Whilsteach
volumeisthereforecompleteinitsownright,volumesalsorelatetoeachothertocreateaflexibleand
collectableseriesthatshouldappealtostudentsaswellasexperiencedscientistsandpractitioners.
Editorialboard
Serieseditor ProfessorIanM.GoodyerUniversityofCambridge
Associateeditors
ProfessorDonaldJ.Cohen ProfessorRobertN.Goodman
YaleChildStudyCenter InstituteofPsychiatry,London
ProfessorBarryNurcombe ProfessorHelmutRemschmidt
TheUniversityofQueensland KlinikumderPhilipps-Universita¨t,Germany
ProfessorHermanvanEngeland ProfessorFredR.Volkmar
AcademischZiekenhuisUtrecht YaleChildStudyCenter
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Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Research, Assessment and Intervention edited by
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AutismandPervasiveDevelopmentalDisorderseditedbyFredR.Volkmar0521553865 hb
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Children and Families by Philip Graham 0 521 57252 5 hb
0521576261 pb
HyperactivityDisordersofChildhoodeditedbySeijaSandberg0521432502 hb
Conduct disorders
in childhood and
adolescence
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Jonathan Hill
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Barbara Maughan
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Contents
Listofcontributors pagevii
Preface xi
JonathanHillandBarbaraMaughan
1 Badbehaviour:anhistoricalperspectiveondisordersofconduct 1
E.JaneCostelloandAdrianAngold
2 Canthestudyof‘normal’behaviourcontributetoanunderstanding
ofconductdisorder? 32
RobertA.Hinde
3 Thedevelopmentofchildren’sconflictandprosocialbehaviour:
lessonsfromresearchonsocialunderstandingandgender 49
JudyDunn
4 Neuralmechanismsunderlyingaggressivebehaviour 67
JoeHerbertandManuelaMartinez
5 Biosocialinfluencesonantisocialbehavioursinchildhoodand
adolescence 103
JonathanHill
6 Theepidemiologyofdisordersofconduct:nosologicalissuesand
comorbidity 126
AdrianAngoldandE.JaneCostello
7 Conductdisorderincontext 169
BarbaraMaughan
8 Geneticinfluencesonconductdisorder 202
EmilySimonoff
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vi Contents
9 Theroleofneuropsychologicaldeficitsinconductdisorders 235
DonaldR.LynamandBillHenry
10 Areinforcementmodelofconductproblemsinchildrenandadolescents:
advancesintheoryandintervention 264
JeffKiesner,ThomasJ.DishionandFranc(cid:252)oisPoulin
11 Perceptualandattributionalprocessesinaggressionandconduct
problems 292
GregoryS.Pettit,JodiA.PolahaandJacquelynMize
12 Attachmentandconductdisorder 320
MichelleDeKlyenandMatthewL.Speltz
13 Friends,friendshipsandconductdisorders 346
FrankVitaro,RichardE.TremblayandWilliamM.Bukowski
14 Continuitiesanddiscontinuitiesof development,withparticularempha-
sisonemotionalandcognitivecomponentsofdisruptivebehaviour 379
RolfLoeberandJohnCoie
15 Treatmentofconductdisorders 408
AlanE.Kazdin
16 Thepreventionofconductdisorder:areviewofsuccessfuland
unsuccessfulexperiments 449
DavidLeMarquand,RichardE.TremblayandFrankVitaro
17 Economicevaluationandconductdisorders 478
MartinKnapp
18 Antisocialchildrengrownup 507
BarbaraMaughanandMichaelRutter
19 Conductdisorder:futuredirections.Anafterword 553
MichaelRutter
Index 573
Contributors
AdrianAngold JudyDunn
DevelopmentalEpidemiologyProgram Social,GeneticandDevelopmental
Box3454,DukeUniversityMedicalCenter PsychiatryResearchCentre
DurhamNC27710,USA InstituteofPsychiatry
111DenmarkHill
WilliamM.Bukowski LondonSE58AF,UK
DepartmentofPsychology
ConcordiaUniversity BillHenry
PY170 DepartmentofPsychology
7141SherbrookeWay ColbyCollege
Montreal,Quebec WatervilleME04901,USA
CanadaH4B1R6
JoeHerbert
JohnCoie DepartmentofAnatomy
DepartmentofPsychology UniversityofCambridge
SocialandHealthSciences DowningStreet
DukeUniversity CambridgeCB23DY,UK
DurhamNC22710,USA
JonathanHill
E.JaneCostello UniversityChildMentalHealthUnit
DevelopmentalEpidemiologyProgram MulberryHouse
Box3454,DukeUniversityMedicalCenter RoyalLiverpoolChildren’sHospital
DurhamNC27710,USA AlderHey,EatonRoad,
LiverpoolL122AP,UK
MichelleDeKlyen
Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical RobertA.Hinde
Center StJohn’sCollege
4800SandPointWay CambridgeCB21TP,UK
POBox5371,Seattle
Washington98105–0371,USA AlanE.Kazdin
DepartmentofPsychology
ThomasJ.Dishion YaleUniversity
OregonSocialLearningCenter POBox208205
207East5thAvenue NewHaven
Suite202,Eugene Connecticut
Oregon97401,USA 06520–8205,USA
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viii Listofcontributors
JeffKiesner JacquelynMize
DipartimentodiPsicologiadello HumanDevelopmentandFamilyStudies
SviluppoedellaSocializzazione SchoolofHumanSciences
Universita`degliStudidiPadova AuburnUniversity
viaVenezias AL36849,USA
35131Padova
Italy GregoryS.Pettit
HumanDevelopmentandFamilyStudies
MartinKnapp SchoolofHumanSciences
CentrefortheEconomicsofMentalHealth AuburnUniversity
InstituteofPsychiatry AL36849,USA
7WindsorWalk
DenmarkHill JodiA.Polaha
LondonSE58BB,UK DepartmentofPsychology
AuburnUniversity
DavidLeMarquand AL36849,USA
RehabilitationandForensicPrograms
NorthBayPsychiatricHospital Franc¸oisPoulin
4700Highway11North De´partmentdePsychologie
POBox3010 Universite´deQue´beca`Montre´al
NorthBay,ON CasepostaleCentre-ville
P1B8L1,Canada Montre´al
Que´becH3C3P8
RolfLoeber Canada
LifeHistoryStudies
WesternPsychiatricInstituteandClinic MichaelRutter
3811O’HaraStreet Social,GeneticandDevelopmental
PittsburghPA15213,USA PsychiatryResearchCentre
InstituteofPsychiatry
DonaldR.Lynam 111DenmarkHill
DepartmentofPsychology LondonSE58AF,UK
CollegeofArtsandSciences
UniversityofKentucky EmilySimonoff
115KastleHall,Lexington DepartmentofChildandAdolescent
Kentucky40506–0044,USA PsychiatryandPsychology
BloomfieldClinic,Guy’sHospital
ManuelaMartinez StThomasStreet
AreaofPsychobiology LondonSE19RT,UK
FacultyofPsychology
UniversityofValencia,Spain MatthewL.Speltz
Children’sHospitalandMedicalCenter
BarbaraMaughan 4800SandPointWay
Social,GeneticandDevelopmental POBoxC5371,Seattle
PsychiatryResearchCentre Washington98105,USA
InstituteofPsychiatry
111DenmarkHill
LondonSE58AF,UK
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RichardE.Tremblay FrankVitaro
Research Unit on Children’s Psychosocial Research Unit on Children’s Psychosocial
Maladjustment Maladjustment
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