This includes Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Intermittent explosive disorder, conduct disorder antisocial personality disorder, pyromania and kleptomania.
Intervention: Family Therapy
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Audience: For children, audience may be caregiver/siblings. For adults, audience may be significant others, caregiver or other close family relatives.
Diagnosis & Population: Diagnosis of Conduct Disorder that can be used by individuals of all ages.
Purpose: To address how family units function and why conduct disorder may be occurring and how to correct it. Helps family members identify problems, patterns and mental/behavior disorders in family members.
Rationale & Impact on Function: Help parents work together as a unit, come up with coping skills and strengthen boundaries. Families will be able to involve all family members to come up with methods that each member will benefit from.