The Wiley Handbook of Disruptive and Impulse-Control Disorders

The definitive reference to the policies and practices for treating disruptive and impulseΓÇôcontrol disorders, edited by renowned experts
The Wiley Handbook of Disruptive and ImpulseΓÇôControl Disorders offers a comprehensive overview that integrates the most recent and important scholarship and research on disruptive and impulseΓÇôcontrol disorders in children and adolescents. Each of the chapters includes a summary of the most relevant research and knowledge on the topic and identifies the implications of the findings along with important next directions for research. Designed to be practical in application, the text explores the applied realΓÇôworld value of the accumulated research findings, and the authors include policy implications and recommendations.
The Handbook address the nature and definition of the disorders, the risk factors associated with the development and maintenance of this cluster of disorders, assessment processes, as well as the evidenceΓÇôbased treatment and prevention practices. The volume incorporates information from the ICDΓÇô11, a newly revised classification system, along with the recently published DSMΓÇô5. This important resource:
Contains a definitive survey that integrates the most recent and important research and scholarship on disruptive and impulseΓÇôcontrol disorders in children and adolescents Emphasizes the applied realΓÇôworld value of the accumulated research findings Explores the policy implications and recommendations to encourage evidenceΓÇôbased practice Examines the nature and definition, risk factors, assessment, and evidenceΓÇôbased practice; risk factors are subdivided into child, family, peer group and broader context Considers changes, advances and controversies associated with new and revised diagnostic categories Written for clinicians and professionals in the field, The Wiley Handbook of Disruptive and ImpulseΓÇôControl Disorders offers an upΓÇôtoΓÇôdate review of the most authoritative scholarship and research on disruptive and impulseΓÇôcontrol disorders in children and adolescents as well as offering recommendations for practice.