Disruptive behavior

Disruptive behavior

Prenatal Testosterone and Preschool Disruptive Behavior Disorders.

Disruptive Behaviors Disorders (DBD), including Oppositional-Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), are fairly common and highly impairing childhood behavior disorders that can be diagnosed as early as preschool. Prenatal exposure to testosterone may be particularly relevant to these early-emerging DBDs that exhibit a sex-biased prevalence rate favoring male...

Caregiver Depression and Youth Disruptive Behavior Difficulties.

This study examines the rates of depressive symptoms and service use among caregivers whose children receive treatment for disruptive behavior disorders. Descriptive analyses examined preliminary baseline data from the Family Groups for Urban Youth with Disruptive Behaviors study for 212 caregivers to determine rates of caregiver depressive symptoms and lifetime mental health service use. Findi...

Neuroimaging findings in disruptive behavior disorders.

Decades of research have shown that youths with disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) are a heterogeneous population. Over the past 20 years, researchers have distinguished youths with DBD as those displaying high (DBD/HCU) versus low (DBD/LCU) callous-unemotional (CU) traits. These traits include flat affect and reduced empathy and remorse, and are associated with more severe, varied, and persis...

Jay Forrester’s Disruptive Models of Economic Behavior

A revolution in economics was probably never a conscious goal of Forrester’s work. Yet, his writings might have laid the foundation for it by visualizing the decision process as it exist in operational settings instead of being defined by abstract postulates of mainstream economics. This perspective allows his models to be tied to policies that influence everyday decisions. When viewed in the c...