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The nature and treatment of internalising disorders: A cognitive behavioural perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2016

Jeff Wragg
Jeff Wragg*
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Psychology Department, University of Wollongong
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Achenbach and Edelbrock (1983) classify childhood problems into two very broad categories identified as either externalising or internalising disorders. Most school counsellors, school psychologists or guidance officers working with children and adolescents are familiar with the category of externalising disorders as these children exhibit problems in self-management and self control. These children are often noisy, aggressive, impulsive and non-compliant and fit into such categories as oppositional disorders, conduct disorders and attention deficit hyperactive disorders. In comparison to externalising problems such as attention deficit-hyperactive behaviours or oppositional and conduct disorders, the internalising disorder category may fail to receive the kind of attention they warrant. Internalising disorders of childhood may include such problems as excessive quietness and shyness, separation anxiety, over-anxious and avoidance problems. Normal, healthy and well cared-for children may experience rejection.

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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 3 , November 1993 , pp. 65 - 74
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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