The criminal acts committed by children and
adolescents are related to psychological
disorders which
reflect both a social dysfunction as an individual psychopathology. Autism, alterations in the wording and hiperkinesia are some of the mental
disorders that begin in childhood and can be extended through adolescence, a stage in which they can also presented other anomalies such as manic-depression, schizophrenia, behavioural problems and personality, whose effects persist into adulthood. The manifestations of these disorders varies according to the type in question. They include abnormal behavior, emotional state, and thought, which are difficult to understand and even if they can produce fear aggressive, violent or destructive. When these disorders are presented during the critical stages of the maturation process, interfere with the normal social and psychological development of those who suffer and affect their family relationships, social, school and work. Diagnose time a psychiatric or psychological disturbance is essential for specialists can design an integrated system of mental health services to treat children and
adolescents, and thus reduce the risk of other disorders. This guide addresses the problem of violence in children and adolescents from a psychosocial perspective, which focuses on the psychiatric evaluation as a starting point for professionals in education and mental health can prescribe a therapy that will enable them to cope and handle this kind of case.
Introduction 1. The emotional impact of violence on children 2. The history of violent juvenile offenders 3. Psychiatric Evaluation of children and adolescents violent for their understanding and effective intervention 4. Psychological Assessment and monitoring of children and adolescents violent 5. Psychosocial approaches to understand and reduce violence in youth 6. The roots of sexual violence on children and adolescents 7. The viiolencia in adolescence 8. The child and his family violent 9. The racial violence and youth 10. Television and welfare of children and youth 11. Risk and danger in the 12 youth recreation. The group therapy with children and adolescents violent Literature Index onomástico Alphabetical index