Peer group interventions, widely used in schools and institutional settings, attempt to create a prosocial group climate, group controls on antisocial behavior, and supports for conventional attitudes and behaviors. Guided Group Interaction (GGI) and Positive Peer Culture (PPC) are two programs within this intervention approach designed to restructure peer interactions with the intent of increasing conformity to prosocial norms.
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American Bar Association- Youth At Risk Initiative
Announcing the 2006-07 American Bar Association Presidential Initiative for Youth at Risk
About the Initiative
Our nation's future is in the hands of today's youth, our most important asset. During the ...
Thought Reform Programs and the Production of Psychiatric Casualties
The term thought reform was introduced into the psychiatric literature by Lifton and the term coercive persuasion' by Schein.
Alternative to Institutionalization-System of Care- Checklist
In a system of care, mental health, education, child welfare, juvenile justice, and other agencies work together to ensure that children with mental, emotional, and behavioral problems and their famil...
Cognitive Consequences of Forced Compliance
What happens to a person's private opinion if he is forced to do or say something contrary to that opinion?
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Stockholm Syndrome
Stockholm Syndrome explains why so many of us come out of a program sounding robotic and blindly allied with program rhetoric, as loyal as we were irrational, despite being mistreated. This is where t...
Summary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Summary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
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Youth in a Difficult World- Multi-Systemic Therapy
Not all children enjoy the "carefree" days of childhood. Unfortunately, when things start to go wrong, people often despair of being able to repair the damage. NIMH has made research on diagnosis, ear...
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On Coercive Treatment of Adolescents - Charles Huffine, M.D.
As a psychiatrist I must confess and disavow some bad history for my profession in the area of coercive treatment. At least we are not in the leadership of the residential thera...
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