A cluster randomized controlled trial of child-focused psychiatric consultation and a school systems-focused intervention to reduce aggression

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 607-616

  Fonagy, Peter ^a,c   Twemlow, Stuart W ^a   Vernberg, Eric M ^b   Nelson, Jennifer Mize ^b   Dill, Edward J ^b   Little, Todd D ^b   Sargent, John A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti bullying intervention; Childhood aggression; Mentalization; Psychiatric consultation; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68849127463     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.02025.x     Document Type: Article

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