Treating the Disruptive Adolescent: Finding the Real Self Behind Oppositional Defiant Disorders

Bustamante, Eduardo M.

ISBN 10: 0765702355 / ISBN 13: 9780765702357

Published by Jason Aronson, Inc., 2000

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Cover may have light wear, pages in very good condition and binding is sturdy; may have other light shelf wear or creases. May have notes or highlighting.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Treating the Disruptive Adolescent: Finding the Real Self Behind Oppositional Defiant Disorders
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765702355
• ISBN 13: 9780765702357
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

This book offers clinicians an effective method of diagnosing, managing, and treating oppositional, resistant, and disruptive older children and adolescents. Dr. Bustamante understands oppositional states as an expression of the teenager's uncertainty about his own identity and alienation from his true self. Attempts to curb rebellion that rely solely on firm behavioral limits will fail, because they thwart rather than promote development and disregard the real meaning of the disruptive behavior. The author's approach is a sensitive and creative alternative to treating this difficult population, one that offers hope and attainable goals.

About the Author

Eduardo M. Bustamante, Ph.D., is a clinical and child psychologist and has been practicing in Amherst, Massachusetts, for the last fifteen years.