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Students in Discord Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
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C. Robin Boucher
Book Code: GR0799
ISBN: 0-313-30799-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30799-7
416 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/30/1999
List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Students in Discord would be a priority purchase for all schools whose social workers, counselors, special education, and classroom teachers would certainly find it useful. Public libraries would also find this book appropriate in their psychology sections both as a supplement to the DSM-IV and as a resource for parents.
    —American Reference Books Annual.
  • Endorsement From Philip Dimattia, Ph.D. Boston College School of Education: A unique contribution to the field in helping others to realistically understand the struggles and conflicts faced by adolescents who are in discord.
  • Endorsement From Marjorie T. Goldstein
    Department of Special Education and Counseling
    William Paterson University of New Jersey:     The author has done an impressive job combining historical foundations with current research to bridge theory and practice in this comprehensive text that makes extensive use of case material to promote understanding. Rich in theory and in strategies to inform practice, this is a much-needed text. The book extends well beyond introductory information to provide in-depth examination of today's youth in today's schools.
Description: Students in Discord fills a void in the professional literature concerning adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders by providing theoretical information about psychiatric and psychological diagnoses with practical information about actual public school students who show both externalizing and internalizing disorders. In the process, the book provides understanding about disorders in childhood and adolescence and enhances understanding of federal guidelines on emotional disturbance, specifically those provided in the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. The author provides suggested educational strategies that represent behavioral, psychological, sociological, and environmental models and that aim to both decrease undesirable behaviors and increase desirable ones. Theoretical issues covering disorders related to personality, disruptive behavior, eating, mood, anxiety, and development are illustrated by 57 adolescents whose feelings and behaviors are presented through anecdotal material, direct quotes from them and their teachers, life facts, and student writings. Additional perspectives are provided by comparing federal and practical definitional characteristics of emotional disturbance and discussing concerns about the inability of students with emotional and behavioral disorders to detach, the inclusion of socially-maladjusted students in the ED (emotionally disturbed) category, and the interrelation of emotional and behavioral disorders.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Preface
  • Setting the Stage
  • Primary and Secondary Samples
  • Overview: Personality Disorders
  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Antisocial Personality Tendency
  • Narcissism
  • Overview: Disruptive Behavior Disorders
  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
  • Oppositional-Defiant and Conduct Disorders
  • Overview: Eating Disorders
  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Overview: Mood Disorders
  • Depression
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Overview: Anxiety Disorders
  • School Phobia
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Overview: Abnormal Adolescent Development
  • Communication Disorders
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Tourette's Syndrome
  • Federal and Practical Definitional Characteristics
  • Taking Themselves Too Seriously
  • ED with or without SM?
  • Interrelatedness of Disorders
  • Staying Hopeful and Attuned
  • They Care If the Sun Is on Fire
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 98-30492
LCC Class: LC4802
Dewey Class: 371
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