About Conduct Disorder
What does it look like?
How common is it?
What causes it?
How long does it last?
What treatments are effective?
A review of the evidence
What's new?
Resources
What treatments are effective?
Conduct disorder is harder to treat as an affected child ages, so early intervention is important.
Multisystemic therapy, parent training programs and functional family therapy have been found to be effective in treating the symptoms and causes of CD.[1]
Programs like “Scared Straight” that are punitive or threatening in nature have been found to be ineffective or to cause more harm than good.[2]
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Lillienfeld SO. Scientifically Unsupported and Supported Interventions for Childhood Psychopathology: A Summary. 2005. Pediatrics; 115(3): 761-764. |
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Petrosino A, Turpin-Petrosino C, Buehler J. "Scared Straight" and other juvenile awareness programs for preventing juvenile delinquency. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD002796. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002796. |
