Practitioner review: Psychosocial treatments for conduct disorder in children

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-178

  Kazdin, Alan E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Conduct disorder; Therapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; PARENTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0031057794     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01851.x     Document Type: Review

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