Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for a 9-Year-Old Girl with Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 459-475

  Tudor, Megan E ^a   Ibrahim, Karim ^a   Bertschinger, Emilie ^a   Piasecka, Justyna ^a   Sukhodolsky, Denis G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; age group; aggressiveness aggression; cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT); DMDD; pediatric child

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE;

AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANGER MANAGEMENT THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DISRUPTIVE MOOD DYSREGULATION DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MOOD DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TRAINING; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN;

EID: 84994320308     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650116669431     Document Type: Article

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