Category: Oppositional & Defiant Behavior in Children & Teens
The Good Therapy Blog
February 9th, 2012 |
Bulimia has been linked to psychological issues such as anxiety, depression, and substance misuse. Other behavioral problems, including aggression, oppositional defiance, and impulsivity, have also been shown to increase the risk for disordered eating and bulimia in White American girls. However, to date there has been little research focusing on how these behaviors and mental health issues contribute to the development of bulimia in African American girls. Previous studies have demonstrated that externalizing behaviors predict eating issues, but this relationship has not been examined longitudinally.... Read More
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December 17th, 2011 |
The quality of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) is directly related to the overall success of the community programs. “First, low-implementation quality is associated with poorer EBI outcomes,” said Richard Spoth of the Partnerships in Prevention Science Institute at Iowa State University, and lead author of a new study examining the effectiveness of EBIs. “Second, the quality of EBI implementation tends to drift over time. That is, the longer service providers are implementing a given EBI with successive cohorts of youth, the more likely the implementation is to drift to lower quality... Read More
October 12th, 2011 |
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Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is among the most common childhood problems and is marked by hostility and aggression. Some research has suggested that the presence of ADHD is a predictor of ODD in children, while other research has identified specific family experiences as playing key roles in the development of ODD. In a new study, Elizabeth A. Harvey of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, along with her colleagues from the Baystate Medical... Read More
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August 29th, 2011 |
Co-dependents rarely have presented themselves for therapy with me by stating that they want help with their own co-dependency. Of course, as you might expect, they are focused on helping or saving somebody else. My last article focused on how people are identified as co-dependent through certain relationship issues. It focused on romantic relationships. Another way that they are identified is through family/child concerns.
Often a client will call about his or her teenager. Co-dependents usually try to guess at what normal is. Since most of them had pretty chaotic childhoods, they tended... Read More
August 29th, 2011 |
I am guilty of spanking my children. My oldest has been spanked once, maybe twice, in his entire 17 years. My seven year old has received a few prime swats, and other forms of discipline, in her short lifetime. My middle child, a fourteen year old boy, is much more intimately familiar with spankings. As an extremely hyperactive and unruly child, my son was constantly exploring things that were off limits, and often dangerous. Undeterred by the threats of toy removal, time-outs, and other non-physical forms of punishment, he pushed me to my limits and I resorted to the only other method I knew,... Read More
August 29th, 2011 |
“Adolescents involved in the justice system are clinically complex, with particularly high rates of behavior problems, mental health disorders, and other ‘at-risk’ behaviors,” said Thomas Sexton of the Center for Adolescent and Family Studies at Indiana University. “Estimates are that 50% to 80% of delinquent adolescents meet the criteria for a mental disorder, such as conduct or substance-related disorders.” Sexton and his colleague Charles Turner at the Center for Family and Adolescent... Read More
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August 19th, 2011 |
From infancy through young adulthood, our children’s consciousness of themselves in the world is being forged, tenuously dangling between entitlement, insecurity and, we hope, a third and better option. We have the responsibility as parents to provide a developmentally-rich context in which satisfied needs for closeness and belonging are counterbalanced by increasing experiences of self-direction and significance. Mature parents successfully... Read More
August 14th, 2011 |
Researchers from the University of Central Florida, the Family Services Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina, and the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, wanted to determine if depressive symptoms predicted delinquent behavior in adolescents. “Identifying risk factors for these syndromes is imperative, given their relative stability over time and the... Read More
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July 25th, 2011 |
Teens often tell me their parents don't understand, don't listen or don't care about what they think. Parents wonder why their lectures fall on deaf ears. How do we bridge this communication gap? Parents often want to lecture instead of listen. Teens have heard it before and already know what their parents are going to say. As a result, the only purpose of a lecture is to make parents feel better.
Let's looks at some alternative techniques that... Read More
April 28th, 2011 |
I went to a Mothers Together meeting and there was a presenter that addressed how to get your child to be more compliant than being defiant. It was very interesting. I am going to share some of the information that I heard and found interesting as well as some of my own information.
Children want to have control and when they don’t, they act out. That makes sense. If I can’t control something or I feel out of control then I need to be in control of something. For example, when a mom is so overbearing and domineering toward her female child, then potentially the female child can become an... Read More
April 6th, 2011 |
A new study reveals that two areas of the brain that are associated with emotion and empathy are smaller in teen boys with conduct behavior issues. “The disorder has a devastating impact on families and communities, and at the moment, we have few effective treatments,” said Dr. Andy Calder from the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council Cognition and... Read More
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March 7th, 2011 |
At every stage of development, children thrive when their parents listen to their ideas about what they want even if those ideas are very different from parents’ wishes for their children. When you consider and take your child’s perspective seriously, you are giving your child a gift of respecting their growing unique individual selves. This doesn’t mean you have to agree or say yes, but you do need to express your understanding of what your child wishes. When you are able to consider that your child is not talking back, but may be asserting his developing self, you will be providing your... Read More
March 2nd, 2011 |
The subject of consequences comes up frequently in my work with teens and families. The fact that many parents of teens struggle with this area should come as no surprise. Up until adolescence, consequences are pretty straightforward and effective - if your little one wants this you distract with that, if she throws a tantrum you give choices and/or use a quick time out. For good measure we'll throw in a simple set of rewards and consequences for chores and behavior. Such is the journey that leaves one completely unprepared to parent adolescents.
What make adolescence so difficult? Without getting... Read More
February 17th, 2011 |
How many times have I heard “So, do you have a manual for my kid?” We learn from very early on in parenting that there is no such thing. Sure, there are generalizations about milestones, abilities and limitations, but just as adults are so different from one another, kids can be as well. For first time parents, it is hard to know what's normal for a certain age or what a typical reaction is when going through a stressful experience.
When kids come to therapy, work with parents can be as important as with the child. It's very common to want to know if a child's behavior is normal. Also, if... Read More
