TREATMENT OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN

目前的提案是对ADAMHA研究科学家奖的请求。 研究的目标是确定和开发有效的 对儿童反社会行为的干预。这一事件的意义 焦点来源于相对较高的患病率和临床转诊 反社会行为的发生率，未经治疗的长期预后 功能障碍，以及缺乏明确显示的干预措施 功效。制定有效的干预措施需要广泛的基础 直接评估治疗和预防技术的研究计划， 对反社会行为过程进行纵向考察 临床推荐的、有风险的和标准的样本，以设计和测试 反社会行为的开始和再犯模式，并评估和 在治疗方面整合儿童、父母和家庭维度 回应。 反社会行为缺乏有效的治疗是一个信号 在发育性精神病理学领域的更广泛的问题。在……里面 一般来说，相对较少的对照研究存在评估 儿童精神障碍的替代疗法。治疗的匮乏 研究是显而易见的，考虑到儿童障碍的流行， 对有效治疗的需求，以及可用但未经评估的范围， 干预措施。尽管该提案的主要焦点是 儿童反社会行为的治疗，我们研究的范式 将扩展到解决更广泛的治疗问题。到那时候 最终，它所反映的提案和职业承诺正在走向发展 关于儿童和心理治疗的更广泛的研究计划。两个平行的 项目旨在通过以下方式确定儿童治疗的研究优先事项 在全国范围内对心理学家和儿童精神病学家进行调查 确定心理治疗研究的研究重点的实践(儿童 与青少年心理治疗：从业者调查--瑞文戴尔 基础)，并通过描述重点、问题和方法 指导当代治疗研究(治疗的有效性 儿童和青少年的实践--罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊 基础)。这些后一类项目和职业成长经历 RSA旨在找出研究漏洞并扩大重点 关于研究儿童心理治疗的拟议奖项研究。

The present proposal is a request for an ADAMHA Research Scientist Award. The objectives of the research are to identify and develop effective interventions for antisocial behavior in children. The significance of the focus derives from the relatively high prevalence and clinical referral rates for antisocial behavior, the long-term prognosis of untreated dysfunction, and the absence of interventions with clearly demonstrated efficacy. Developing effective interventions requires a broad-based research program to evaluate treatment and prevention techniques directly, to examine the course of antisocial behavior longitudinally among clinically referred, at-risk, and normative samples, to devise and test models of onset and recidivism of antisocial behavior, and to assess and integrate child, parent, and family dimensions in relation to treatment response. The absence of effective treatments for antisocial behavior signals a somewhat broader problem in the field of developmental psychopathology. In general, relatively little controlled research exists that evaluates alternative treatments for childhood disorders. The dearth of treatment research is conspicuous, given the prevalence of childhood disorders, the need for effective treatments, and the range of available, but unevaluated, interventions. Although the primary focus of the proposal is on the treatment of antisocial behavior in children, the paradigm of our studies will be extended to address a broader range of treatment questions. To that end, the proposal and career commitment it reflects move toward developing a broader research program on child and psychotherapy. Two parallel projects are directed to identify research priorities for child therapy by providing a nation-wide survey of psychologists and child psychiatrists in practice to determine research priorities for psychotherapy research (Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: A Survey of Practitioners--Rivendell Foundation) and by characterizing the focus, questions, and methods that guide contemporary treatment studies (The Effectiveness of Treatment Practices for Children and Adolescents--The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation). These latter projects and professional growth experiences of the RSA are designed to identify research Lacunae and to expand the focus of the proposed award research to study child psychotherapy.