Treating Disruptive Disorders

<p><em>Treating Disruptive Disorders </em>is a practical book for busy clinicians—psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health counselors, clinical social workers, and more—as well as students, interns, or residents in the mental health professions. It distills the most important information about combined as well as solitary treatments of a variety of psychological disorders characterized by disruptive behaviors, including those where disruptive aspects are part of core symptoms (like ADHD, ODD, or conduct disorder), and those where disruptive features are commonly associated with core symptoms (like mood, personality, and cognitive/developmental disorders). In addition to an analysis of the best in evidence-based practice and research, the volume also includes brief clinical vignettes to help present the material in an easily accessible, understandable, readable, and relevant format. The chapter authors are experts in the treatment of these disorders and review a wide variety of empirically supported treatments for children, adolescents, and adults.</p> <p>Series Editor’s Foreword Preface I<strong>. Etiology, Epidemiology and Course of Disruptive Disorders </strong>1. To Medicate or not to Medicate: Weighing the Benefits and Challenges of Available Treatments for Disruptive Disorders <em>Kapalka & Gorman </em>2. Brain Structure and Function Involved in Self-Control, Impulsivity, and Disruptive Behaviors <em>Fogel </em>3. Psychological and Developmental Understanding of Self-Control, Impulsivity, and Disruptive Behaviors <em>Tirrell & Kapalka </em>4. Epidemiology and Course of Disruptive Disorders <em>Warner-Cohen, Twyford & Buckley </em><strong>II. Disorders with Disruptive Behaviors as Core Symptoms</strong> 5. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder <em>Chaco et al. </em>6. Oppositional Defiant Disorder <em>Curtis et al. </em>7. Conduct Disorder <em>Wu et al. </em>8. Tourette Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders <em>Hayes et al. </em>9. Intermittent Explosive Disorder <em>Hudspeth, Wirick & Matthews </em><strong>III. Disorders with Disruptive Behaviors as Commonly Associated Features </strong>10. Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorder <em>Heffer et al. </em>11 : Mood and Personality Disorders <em>Sa </em>12: Neurocognitive Disorders and Delirium <em>Hill et al.</em></p>