TY - JOUR
T1 - Response to treatments in youth with disruptive behavior disorders
AU - Masi, Gabriele
AU - Muratori, Pietro
AU - Manfredi, Azzurra
AU - Lenzi, Francesca
AU - Polidori, Lisa
AU - Ruglioni, Laura
AU - Muratori, Filippo
AU - Milone, Annarita
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - Objective Predictors of poor response to treatments in youths with disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs), including conduct disorder (CD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), are under-studied. Multimodal psychosocial interventions are the best option, but a significant portion of patients needs adjunctive pharmacotherapy. The concept of "psychopathy", and namely, the callous (lack of empathy and guilt) and unemotional (shallow emotions) trait, has been considered a possible specifier indicating a more severe subgroup of patients. We explored whether the callous-unemotional trait (CU) may affect the response to multimodal treatment in referred youths with DBDs. Method 118 youths (102 males, age range 6-14 years, mean age 11.1 ± 2.5 years) completed a 12-month multimodal intervention, 48 of whom (41%) needed an associated pharmacotherapy. The patients were assessed according to psychopathological profile (Child Behavior Checklist, CBCL), severity and improvement (Clinical Global Impression-Severity and Improvement scores, CGI-S and CGI-I), functional impairment (Children-Global Assessment Scale, C-GAS), and psychopathic dimension (Antisocial Process Screening Device, APSD), including CU dimension. Results 58 patients (49.2%) were non-responders. They had more frequently a diagnosis of CD than ODD, presented a comorbid mood disorder, higher CBCL scores in rule-breaking behavior, and higher APSD ("psychopathic") scores. Subjects with higher or lower CU differed only according to the rate of responders (35% vs. 60%, p
AB - Objective Predictors of poor response to treatments in youths with disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs), including conduct disorder (CD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), are under-studied. Multimodal psychosocial interventions are the best option, but a significant portion of patients needs adjunctive pharmacotherapy. The concept of "psychopathy", and namely, the callous (lack of empathy and guilt) and unemotional (shallow emotions) trait, has been considered a possible specifier indicating a more severe subgroup of patients. We explored whether the callous-unemotional trait (CU) may affect the response to multimodal treatment in referred youths with DBDs. Method 118 youths (102 males, age range 6-14 years, mean age 11.1 ± 2.5 years) completed a 12-month multimodal intervention, 48 of whom (41%) needed an associated pharmacotherapy. The patients were assessed according to psychopathological profile (Child Behavior Checklist, CBCL), severity and improvement (Clinical Global Impression-Severity and Improvement scores, CGI-S and CGI-I), functional impairment (Children-Global Assessment Scale, C-GAS), and psychopathic dimension (Antisocial Process Screening Device, APSD), including CU dimension. Results 58 patients (49.2%) were non-responders. They had more frequently a diagnosis of CD than ODD, presented a comorbid mood disorder, higher CBCL scores in rule-breaking behavior, and higher APSD ("psychopathic") scores. Subjects with higher or lower CU differed only according to the rate of responders (35% vs. 60%, p
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U2 - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.04.007
DO - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.04.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 23683839
AN - SCOPUS:84884356301
VL - 54
SP - 1009
EP - 1015
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
SN - 0010-440X
IS - 7
ER -