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Treatment of conduct disorder: Progress and directions in psychotherapy research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2008

Alan E. Kazdin
Alan E. Kazdin*
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Yale University
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Address correspondence to: Alan E. Kazdin, Department of Psychology, Yale University, P.O. Box 11A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520-7447.
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Abstract

The present paper charts the course for future research on the treatment of conduct disorder. The course builds on current advances both in understanding conduct disorder and its treatment and in the clinical care provided to youth and their families. The paper highlights substantive and methodological advances in contemporary research on both treatment and developmental psychopathology more generally. In light of the current status of treatment research, several priorities are identified, which include expanding the criteria used to evaluate outcome, expanding the range of research questions asked about treatment, testing a broader range of treatments and treatment combinations, evaluating long-term treatment effects, and expanding the models to develop and to evaluate treatment. A plan is presented to guide the progression of research to identify and to develop effective interventions. The special opportunities that a developmental perspective provides for designing treatments for youth of different ages and stages of development are also discussed.

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 5 , Issue 1-2 , Winter-Spring 1993 , pp. 277 - 310
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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