Treating the unmanageable adolescent
Subtitle: a guide to oppositional defiant and conduct disorders
By: Neil I. Bernstein.
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Northvale, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Conduct disorders in adolescence -- Treatment.; Oppositional defiant disorder in adolescence -- Treatment.
Description: The problem of the out-of-control teenager demands immediate and effective attention from clinicians. As American town after town enacts curfew laws for minors and more and more teachers send youths for treatment, therapists are faced with an epidemic for which they often feel ill-prepared. In this book of nut-and-bolts treatment approaches, mental health professionals are shown how to successfully help defiant and conduct-disordered young people who present with an array of symptoms including chronic truancy, drug abuse, dangerous sexual activity, and poor peer relationships.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-344) and index.