Assessment of the Disruptive Behavior Disorders

摘要: Disruptive Behavior Disorders (DBD) are those most commonly referred by parents and teach-ers for professional help (Kazdin, Siegel, & Bass, 1990; Wells Forehand, 1985) also the common mental health problems presented in pediatricians’ offices.* The assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment of DBD thus require careful consideration. foundation any such assessment includes definition disorder specific criteria to be used its diagnosis. Anychild may display some degree at times or certain settings, but order considered clinically significant, they must exceed range normal child’s age group terms frequency, pervasiveness, severity, interference with ability function adaptively (see Chapter 1, this volume). At older ages, these maladaptive interactions tend have greater chronicity severity.