Background Conduct problems are common, disabling and costly. The prognosis for
children with conduct problems is poor, with outcomes in adulthood including criminal
behaviour, alcoholism, drug abuse, domestic violence, child abuse and a range of
psychiatric disorders. There has been a rapid expansion of group based parent-training
programmes for the treatment of children with conduct problems in a number of countries
over the past 10 years. Existing reviews of parent training have methodological limitations …

The clinical effectiveness of different parenting programmes for children with conduct
problems: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Dretzke J., Davenport C.,
Frew E., Barlow J., Stewart‐Brown S., Bayliss S., Taylor RS, Sandercock J. & Hyde C.(2009)
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 3, 7. DOI: 10.1186/1753‐2000‐3‐7.
Background Conduct problems are common, disabling and costly. The prognosis for
children with conduct problems is poor, with outcomes in adulthood including criminal …