The psychosocial themes in adolescents diagnosed with a co-morbid disruptive behavior and mood disorder

• Main Author: Coetzee, J.C.
• Other Authors: Beyers, D.
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Psychosocial theoretical perspective; Disruptive behavior and mood disorder; Psychosocial themes; UCTD
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25902; Coetzee, J 2003, The psychosocial themes in adolescents diagnosed with a co-morbid disruptive behavior and mood disorder, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25902 >; http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01302004-141632/

This study is an investigation into the psychosocial themes present in the DSM-IV diagnosis of adolescents diagnosed with a comorbid Disruptive Behavior and Mood Disorder. These themes are viewed from a psychosocial theoretical perspective. The study focuses on answering four questions. Firstly, what are the psychosocial themes present in the diagnosis of adolescents diagnosed with a comorbid Disruptive Behavior and Mood Disorder? Secondly, how does these themes impact the adolescents psychosocial development? · Thirdly, what role does these themes play as causative factors of Disruptive Behavior and Mood Disorder symptoms in adolescence? · and lastly does these themes represent interactional processes reinforcing a reciprocal pattern of behavior and mood disorder symptoms? These questions are all viewed taking the psychosocial development of the adolescent into account. === Dissertation (MA (Clinical Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2005. === Psychology === unrestricted