CONCLUSION
Childhood behavioural disorders have always been
and still remain a common problem and, given cur-
rent epidemiological trends, are likely to continue
to do so for the foreseeable future. These disorders
lead to considerable damage, both in terms of
the quality of life for young people, their families
and their victims, and the wider economic cost to
society as a whole. Simple behavioural disorders
can progress to much more serious personality
disorders in adulthood. We know that there are
effective treatments for conduct disorders and
these are increasingly being made available across
the country via community parenting programmes.
Our challenge remains to identify which factors
within such programmes may be effective upon
different symptom subtypes, to help identify
those children who are not responsive to these
approaches and consider which alternative meth-
ods may be best employed in these cases, and to
spread effective treatments to those hard-to-reach
families who perhaps need these most.
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