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The Early Phase of Hospital Treatment for Disruptive Adolescents: The Integration of Behavioral and Dynamic Techniques

The Early Phase of Hospital Treatment for Disruptive Adolescents: The Integration of... Within the population of hospitalized adolescents exists a group characterized by (1) the frequent and gratifying recourse to disruptive acts: sexual promiscuity, property destruction, and abusive behaviors; and (2) the perception of significant adults as tormenting and persecutory. We call these patients disruptive adolescents.Disruptive behaviors often elicit intense negative reactions from treatment personnel, cementing the patient's preexisting view of the environment as persecutory, and resulting in further disruptive acts. Therapeutic intervention must interrupt this cycle and help the patient gain control of the disruptive actions. Two cases are presented to detail a treatment intervention, integrating behavioral and psychodynamic approaches. Psychodynamic theory is employed to rationalize and systematize the available behavior modification techniques. Emphasis is placed upon the complementarity between the initial use of behavioral treatment strategies and the psychotherapy which follows. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry Wolters Kluwer Health

The Early Phase of Hospital Treatment for Disruptive Adolescents: The Integration of Behavioral and Dynamic Techniques

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Abstract

Within the population of hospitalized adolescents exists a group characterized by (1) the frequent and gratifying recourse to disruptive acts: sexual promiscuity, property destruction, and abusive behaviors; and (2) the perception of significant adults as tormenting and persecutory. We call these patients disruptive adolescents.Disruptive behaviors often elicit intense negative reactions from treatment personnel, cementing the patient's preexisting view of the environment as persecutory, and resulting in further disruptive acts. Therapeutic intervention must interrupt this cycle and help the patient gain control of the disruptive actions. Two cases are presented to detail a treatment intervention, integrating behavioral and psychodynamic approaches. Psychodynamic theory is employed to rationalize and systematize the available behavior modification techniques. Emphasis is placed upon the complementarity between the initial use of behavioral treatment strategies and the psychotherapy which follows.

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Journal of the American Academy of Child PsychiatryWolters Kluwer Health

Published: Jan 1, 2012

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