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EPA-0411 – The Efficiency of an “emotional Self-regulation” treatment, Within a Small Group of Adolescents Diagnosed with a Behavior Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

M. Andreoli
Affiliation:
Salute Mentale AUSL8, Unità Funzionale Salute Mentale Infanzia Adolescenza, Arezzo, Italy
V. Francini
Affiliation:
Salute Mentale AUSL8, Unità Funzionale Salute Mentale Infanzia Adolescenza, Arezzo, Italy
L. Luccherino
Affiliation:
Salute Mentale AUSL8, Unità Funzionale Salute Mentale Infanzia Adolescenza, Arezzo, Italy

Abstract

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The research on behavior disorders (Loeber et al., 1998) shows they are characterized by the difficulty of controlling and managing emotions, and by a compromised capability of facing the external world.

Trainings based on coping strategies (Meichenbaum, 1988) and emotional states’ mentalization (Bateman & Fonagy, 2010) have demonstrated their effectiveness by reducing behavior issues, aggressive conducts, and by preventing substance abuse amongst adolescents.

This intervention focuses on a small group of adolescents aged 14 to 17 years diagnosed with a behavior disorder; it aims at increasing the emotional and behavioral self-regulation, the abilities of identifying, validating and expressing emotions and facilitating self-control over maladaptive behavior.

The intervention is divided into 14 meetings: the first session focuses on the enhancement of assertive abilities and emotions’ mentalization; the second session concerns the increment of coping strategies, through the use of role playing, problem solving and circle time techniques.

We will present and discuss the results regarding the growth of mental state's consciousness of one self and of others’, the adoption of adaptive coping strategies and the achievement of a more adaptive behavior.

Type
P04 - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2014
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