PSY341H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Multisystemic Therapy, Parent Management Training
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Range of inappropriate actions that are in violation with family expectations, societal norms and the personal property of others. They are often an adaptation to home and neighbourhood violence and neglect. The lifetime costs to society for one youth to leave highschool for a life of crime and substance abuse has been estimated to be about . 2 million to . 5 million. Delinquent or criminal acts/juvenile delinquency that describes a child who has broken a law. There is no clear boundary that exists between delinquent acts that result from an environmental condition and those that result from factors within the child. The externalizing dimension includes rule-breaking behavior and aggressive behavior. Overt-covert dimension: overt being visible acts such as fights and covert being hidden acts like lying and stealing. Destructive-nondestructive dimension: ranges from acts such as cruelty to animals and people to arguing and irritability. Symptoms present in childhood predict later impulse control, substance use, mood disorders and poor romantic relationships.
