The development of a clinic to manage Disruptive Behaviour Disorders not responding to conventional psychological and psychostimulant treatments

✍ Scribed by Alasdair L.A. Vance; Jan Costin; Peter Birleson; Ernest S.L. Luk; Bruce J. Tonge; Paul Maruff

• Book ID: 104469722
• Publisher: Informa plc
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 97 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1039-8562
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1665.2001.00310.x

✦ Synopsis

Objective: The development of a specialised Disruptive Behaviour Disorders clinic to assess, treat and monitor clinically referred primary school-age children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-combined type (ADHD-CT), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder (CD) who are not responding to conventional psychological and psychostimulant medication treatments is described.

Conclusions: Systematic clinical research and ongoing evaluation of complex Disruptive Behaviour Disorder cases is achievable within a metropolitan Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.