S.V. GRECHANYI

St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, 2 Litovskaja St., Sankt-Petersburg, Russian Federation, 194100 

Grechanyi S.V. — Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Narcology, tel. +7-921-887-59-91, e-mail: svgrechany@mail.ru 

The review contains information about the current approaches to the treatment of behavior disorders in children and adolescents. On the basis of analysis of the literature sources, the fundamental principles of behavioral disorders treatment are summarized, including the development of social competence skills and prosocial behavior. An important principle is to teach parents up-bringing skills and effective methods of child-parent interaction. The most effective methods of behavior disorder treatment are presented and described, which showed positive results long-term: cognitive problem-solving skills training, parental leadership training, functional family therapy, multisystemic therapy, parent-child interaction therapy. Types of school programs are described, which are used to prevent behavior disorders: universalinterventionprograms, selectiveinterventionprograms and indicativeintervention programs. The indicationsfortheir use are established. Age and target groups are designated. Particular examples of preventive programs are presented, their content is described, information on their effectiveness is provided. 

Key words: behavior disorders in children and adolescents, behavior disorders treatment, behavior disorders prevention.

 

 

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