Amity UniversityMadhya Pradesh

Priceless Brains

▪ Mohit Kumar▪ Charu Roongta▪ Priyanjali Agarwal▪ Mansi Roongta▪ Laxmi Kushuwah▪ Rakesh Kumar▪ Rajeev Hablani

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Content

▪ 1 Development▪ 2 Effects of ASB▪ 3 Intervention and treatment▪ 3.1 Cognitive behavioral therapy▪ 3.2 Behavioral parent training▪ 3.3 Medication

What is Anti-Social Behavior

▪ Anti-social behaviours are "age-inappropriate"[1] actions that harm or lack consideration for the well-being of others.[2] Many people also label behaviour which is deemed contrary to prevailing norms for social conduct as anti-social behaviour.[3] The term is especially used in British English.[4]

▪ The American Psychiatric Association, in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, diagnoses persistent anti-social behaviour as antisocial personality disorder.[5] The World Health Organization includes it in the International Classification of Diseases as "dissocial personality disorder".[6] A pattern of persistent anti-social behaviours can also be present in children and adolescents diagnosed with conduct problems, including conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder under the DSM-5.[7]

Effects of ASB

▪ As a parent you may feel anxious and even scared to let your child walk to school or play outside in your garden, street or community park.  Your child may be frightened to leave the house with or without you because they are worried about being the victims of anti-social behavior.

▪ while your child is at home, for example the affect of noise outside on their ability to relax, concentrate on school work or sleep at night. The general deterioration of the area you live in as a result of anti-social behavior may also be worrying you with regard to the general safety of your child/children.

▪ People causing anti-social behavior can put their own lives at risk as well as others.  Your child may be behaving in an anti-social manner in your community and the risks and consequences that he/she may face are worrying you. You may not know how to help.

Intervention and treatment of ASB

▪ An individual's age at intervention is a strong predictor of the effectiveness of a given treatment.[7] The specific kinds of anti-social behaviors exhibited, as well as the magnitude of those behaviors also impact how effective a treatment is for an individual.[1]

Development

▪ Intent and discrimination may determine both pro- and anti-social behaviour. Infants may act in seemingly anti-social ways and yet be generally accepted as too young to know the difference before the age of 4 or 5.anger states that parents should teach their children that "emotions need to be regulated, not depressed“. Studies have shown that in children between ages 13–14 who bully or show aggressive behavior towards others exhibits anti-social behaviors in their early adulthood. There are strong statistical relationships that shows this significant association between childhood aggressiveness and anti-social behaviors. Analyses saw that 20% of these children whom exhibits anti-social behaviors at later ages had court appearances and police contact as a result of their behavior.

Cognitive behavioural therapy

▪ Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), is a highly effective, evidence-based therapy, in relation to anti-social behaviour.[14] This type of treatment focuses on changing how individuals think and act in social situations. Individuals with particularly aggressive anti-social behaviours tend to have maladaptive social cognitions, including hostile attribution bias, which lead to negative behavioural outcomes.

▪ [7]CBT has been found to be more effective for older children and less effective for younger children.[15] Problem-solving skills training (PSST) is a type of CBT that aims to recognize and correct how an individual thinks and consequently behaves in social environments.

Behavioral parent training

▪ Behavioral parent training (BPT) or parent management training (PMT), focuses on changing how parents interact with their children and equips them with ways to recognize and change their child's maladaptive behavior in a variety of situations.

▪ BPT assumes that certain types of interactions between parents and children may reinforce a child's antisocial behaviors, therefore the aim of BPT is to teach the parent effective skills to better manage and communicate with their child.

▪ BPT has been found to be most effective for younger children under the age of 12.

Medication

▪ In severe cases, medication will be administered to control behaviour, however it is not a suitable substitute for therapy.[17] Lithium carbonate has been proven to be effective medication for people with anti-social behaviour, reducing aggression, threatening behaviour, bullying, fighting and temper outbursts.[18]

Environmental improvementsThe Council will endeavour to prevent the occurrence of ASB by working closely with contractors and other agencies in undertaking appropriate landscaping, security and lighting works.

PublicityThe Council will publicise high profile cases, campaigns and activities related to preventing and tackling anti-social behaviour on the Council web site and in the local press.