Boys In Residential Treatment Research Articles

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Volumetric Analysis of the Putamen in Children With ADHD

Objective: Volumetric differences in the putamen of boys with ADHD combined subtype with psychopathic traits and controls are investigated. Method: The putamen in 24 archival magnetic resonance imaging scans of 12 boys in residential treatment with symptoms of ADHD and psychopathic traits and 12 community control boys are analyzed using Display software. Results: There are no differences found in the total, left, and right putamen volumes across the ADHD or control group. A significant reversal of asymmetry across groups is found; children with ADHD more frequently have a smaller left putamen than right. In contrast, the control group more frequently has a smaller right than left putamen. Conclusion: A reversal of symmetry in the putamen (as found in the caudate) may relate to ADHD symptomology as well as to psychopathic traits.

An assessment tool for evaluating affect development and functioning among adjudicated adolescent boys in residential treatment

This paper describes a reliable, easy‐10‐administer diagnostic tool for assessing the affect development and affect management capacity among adolescent males. The instrument was developed and tested with a group of adjudicated adolescents who had been remanded for residential treatment. It is a valuable assessment tool for clinicians interested in constructing developmentally appropriate treatment plans for potentially violent adolescents.

Encopresis and sexual abuse in a sample of boys in residential treatment

The purpose of this paper is threefold: (a) to report an unusually high prevalence of encopresis in a sample of boys in psychiatric residential treatment; (b) to explore the possible relationship of sexual abuse to the development of encopresis in these cases; and (c) to discuss the diagnostic and treatment implications of our findings.

Social Skill Training for Conduct-Disordered Boys in Residential Treatment

This article describes a cognitive-behavioral social skills training program designed for preadolescent, conduct-disordered boys in residential treatment. Program evaluation fmdings demonstrate consistent improvement in social skill competency and significant positive changes in selfesteem and self-control. Outcome data on 30 boys one year after discharge suggest that the program has potential long-term benefits. Key elements contributing to the program's success seem to be (1) recognition of a multiplicity of disabilities in these boys, (2) shared treatment philosophy, (3) involvement of counsellors, and (4) ongoing program evaluation.

Language Disabilities of Antisocial Boys in Residential Treatment

This article describes the language abilities of 20 boys aged 10 to 13 1/2 years who were admitted to residential treatment because of their significant and persistent antisocial behavior. Primary DSM-III-R diagnoses included oppositional/defiant disorder and conduct disorder. Of these boys, 80% carried the additional diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The majority of subjects were found to have significant language impairments that had not been identified when they entered residential treatment. Implications of the present findings for assessment and treatment are outlined.

Rejected Children and Sociometric Status in Residential Treatment

The relationship between sociometric status and behavior ratings was investigated in a sample of 78 boys in residential treatment. The subjects were classified into sociometric groups based on peer nominations. The Devereaux Child Behavior Rating Scale scores (completed by their child-care workers) of these groups were then compared. Boys of rejected status were rated as having significantly more behavioral problems than boys in the other sociometric groups. It is suggested that rejected boys in residential treatment may constitute a subgroup especially meriting remedial intervention.

Observations on Adolescent Anger and an Anger Control Group in Residential and Day Treatment

Learning about anger and its effects on self and others is an important aspect of treatment of the emotionally disturbed client. Adolescent boys in residential treatment have a variety of sources of anger, but few healthy ways of controlling and expressing this emotion. Maladaptive expressions of anger often lead to extended time in care or reinstitutionalization. A group setting using a variety of teaching and experiential modalities can offer helpful alternatives to habitual maladaptive expressions of anger. Emotional and learning disabilities must be factored into all teaching methods.

Construct Validation of Children's Behavior Problem Dimensions: Relationship to Activity Level, Impulsivity, and Soft Neurological Signs

A construct validation study of dimensions of children's behavior problems was carried out with use of multiple linear regression. The Ss were 76 latency-aged boys in residential treatment. The dimensions involved were Conduct Disorder and Inadequacy-Immaturity. The predictor variables were activity level, impulsivity, and soft signs of neurological damage. Results indicated that Conduct Disorder was significantly predicted by activity level, in combination with impulsivity. Inadequacy-Immaturity was significantly predicted by activity level and soft signs. A third dimension, Personality Disorder, was found to be uncorrelated with the three predictor variables.

Reflection-impulsivity and level of maturity.

It was hypothesized that scores on the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF) are related to level of maturity. To test this hypothesis, 76 latency-aged boys in residential treatment were administered the MFF and a gross motor coordination test and were assessed for soft signs of neurological damage. Also included were age, IQ, and reading scores, along with ratings of behavior problems, activity, and impulsivity levels. A factor analysis yielded a factor (Factor II) consisting of MFF errors, age, soft signs of neurological damage, and gross motor coordination. Another factor (Factor IV) consisted of MFF errors and MFF latency. Factor IV provides support for the reflection-impulsivity construct, while Factor II may suggest that scores on the MFF are partially a function of physiological maturity and that errors contribute more than latency to the determination of reflection/impulsivity.

Increased reliability of an objective personality measure for children

The Missouri Children's Picture Series (MCPS) is explored as an assessment tool for boys in residential treatment. Extreme ease of administration is an attractive feature of the test. Boys in treatment usually have shown low test-retest reliability, in contrast to other populations. Higher, significant reliability was obtained in the present study by a split-deck procedure. It is suggested that the test is better administered to disturbed boys in two sittings, to offset their distractibility and short attention span. Under these conditions, the test can be applied to future work with this type of subject population.

Investigating ethnic prejudice among boys in residential treatment.

Investigating ethnic prejudice among boys in residential treatment.

Reflection-impulsivity and behavioral problems in emotionally disturbed boys.

In order to investigate the difference in the behavioral problems presented by cognitively impulsive and reflective emotionally disturbed boys, the parents of 17 impulsive and 13 reflective boys in residential treatment were asked to rate their sons' behavior. Results indicated that in contrast to reflective emotionally disturbed boys, impulsives were more likely to talk of others blaming them unfairly, threaten to harm themselves, hit and bully other children, and be excessively rough in play. On the other hand, reflectives were more unwilling to talk with adults outside the family. Results were discussed in terms of supporting both previous research and Kagan and Kogan's (6) "fear of failure" hypothesis.

Manifest anxiety and self-concept in emotionally disturbed boys in residential treatment.

Manifest anxiety and self-concept in emotionally disturbed boys in residential treatment.

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:BIOGRAPHY Margery Fry. By Enid Huws Jones.CRIMINOLOGY Max Grünhut, 1893–1964. Edited by Hilde Kaufman and others.CRIMINOLOGY Changing Concepts of Crime and its Treatment. Edited and introduced by Hugh J. Klare.CRIMINOLOGY Handwörterbuch der Kriminologie. Rudolf Sieverts (ed.). 2nd edition.CRIMINOLOGY Crime and its Correction. By John P. Conrad.PRISON STUDIES The Defences of the Weak. By Thomas Mathiesen.PRISON STUDIES Society of Women. By Rose Giallombardo.PRISON STUDIES Women's Prison. By David Ward and Gene G. Kassebaum.PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY Ten Studies into Psychopathic Personality. By Michael Craft.PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY Morbid Jealousy and Murder: A Psychiatric Study of Morbidly Jealous Murderers at Broadmoor. By Ronald Rae Mowat.PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY Murder Followed by Suicide. By D. J. West.PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY The Development of Conscience. By Geoffrey M. Stephenson.PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY One in Twenty (A Study of Homosexuality in Men and Women). By Brian Magee.PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY Recidivism: A Deficiency Disease. By Alastair W. MacLeod.PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY Mental Subnormality in London. P.E.P. (by Jean Moncrieff).PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY The Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment. By D. W. Winnicott.PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY Normality and Pathology in Childhood. By Anna Freud.PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY Dibs: in Search of Self. By Virginia M. Axline.PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY One Little Boy. By Dorothy M. Baruch.CRIME AND THE CHURCH The Church and the Criminal. By J. Arthur Hoyles.JUSTICE AND INJUSTICE The Trial of Steven Truscott. By Isabel Lebordais.SOCIAL STUDIES Cultural Factors in Delinquency. Edited by T. C. N. Gibbens and Robert H. Ahrenfeldt.SOCIAL STUDIES Delinquency, Social Support and Control Systems. By Hugh J. Klare.SOCIAL STUDIES Five Women. By Tony Parker.SOCIAL STUDIES Teenage Revolution. By Peter Laurie.SOCIAL STUDIES A Manual of Procedure for Application of the Glueck Prediction Table. By Maud M. Craig and Selma Glick.SOCIAL STUDIES The Roots of Evil. By Christopher Hibbert.LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE Social Defence. By Marc Ancel.LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE The Mental Element in Crime. By Glanville L. Williams.LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE East African Law JournalLAW AND JURISPRUDENCE The Language of the Law. By Louis Blom‐Cooper.LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE Abortion and the Law. By Bernard M. Dickens.YOUNG OFFENDERS Borstal Re‐assessed. By Roger Hood.YOUNG OFFENDERS Cottage Six: The Social System of Delinquent Boys in Residential Treatment. By Howard W. Polsky.HOMELESS OFFENDERS Homeless Borstal Boys. By Roger Hood.HOMELESS OFFENDERS Residential Provision for Homeless Discharged Offenders. Report of the Working Party on the place of Voluntary Service in After‐Care.PROBATION Probation and After‐Care (Probation Papers No. 3). By Ieuan Miles.PROBATION Aspects of Training (Probation Papers No. 2). By F. W. Jarvis and W. B. Utting.CHILDREN Decision in Child Care. By R. A. Parker.CHILDREN Child Care Manual. By A. E. Leeding.CHILDREN Adoption Policy and Practice. By Iris Goodacre.CHILDREN Residential Work with Children. By Richard Balbernie.THE POLICE Justice without Trial: Law Enforcement in Democratic Society. By Jerome H. Skolnick.THE POLICE The Police and the Public in Nigeria. By Cyprian O. Okonkwo.DETECTION AND PREVENTION The Detection of Secret Homicide. By J. D. J. Havard, (Vol. XI in the Cambridge Studies in Criminology).DETECTION AND PREVENTION Crime and Prevention. By Det. Insp. T. S. Carter.

Book Review: Cottage Six: The Social System of Delinquent Boys in Residential Treatment

Book Review: Cottage Six: The Social System of Delinquent Boys in Residential Treatment

Cottage Six-The Social System of Delinquent Boys in Residential Treatment.

Cottage Six-The Social System of Delinquent Boys in Residential Treatment.

Cottage Six: The Social System of Delinquent Boys in Residential Treatment. Howard W. Polsky

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Cottage Six: The Social System of Delinquent Boys in Residential Treatment

Cottage Six: The Social System of Delinquent Boys in Residential Treatment

Further observations on group psychotherapy with adolescent delinquent boys in residential treatment. I. "Breakthrough" in group treatment of hardened delinquent adolescent boys.

Further observations on group psychotherapy with adolescent delinquent boys in residential treatment. I. "Breakthrough" in group treatment of hardened delinquent adolescent boys.