Renata Benavente (*)
RESUMO
A presente reflexão pretende abordar, de forma resumida, algumas questões relativas às perturbações de comportamento na infância. Havendo diversos estudos que relacionam este tipo de psicopatologia com criminalidade, perturbações psiquiátricas, toxicodependência e dificuldades de inserção social na idade adulta, importa tentar compreender e diagnosticar o fenómeno com a maior precocidade possível de modo a iniciar-se tratamento adequado atempadamente. Aprofunda-se o diagnóstico de acordo com a DSM-III-R, abordando a importância das relações com os pares e os significados de alguns tipos de comportamento como a mentira o furto. Apresentamos algumas das teorias explicativas da etiologia desta perturbação, numa linha psicanalítica. Por fim, fazemos algumas propostas concretas no que se refere ao tratamento, considerando as influências da família, da escola e do grupo de pares, propondo intervenções no âmbito da terapia familiar com recurso a programas de orientação parental. O afastamento da criança da família pela colocação institucional ou em famílias de acolhimento, é considerado como alternativa facilitadora do processo terapêutico em que a criança deverá ser enquadrada. Colocamos, por fim, algumas hipóteses.
Palavras-chave: Infância, distúrbio de comportamento, mentira, furto, família.
ABSTRACT
Children conduct problems is the issue of the present paper. There are many studies that relate this kind of disrupted behavior with future criminality, psychiatric disturbance, drug abuse and difficulties in social integration in adulthood. That's why we believe it's important to understand and diagnose this disturbance as soon as possible to make early treatment possible. The diagnosis is based on the DSM-III-R, and peers relations, stealing and lying are considered. We exhibit some of the psychoanalytic theories that explain conduct problems in children and some of the treatment strategies considering family, school and peers influences. Removing children away from their families by placement in foster families or institutions as a way to promote the psychotherapeutic process is also discussed. Finally, future investigation hypotheses about early conduct problems are made.
]]> Key words: Childhood, conduct problems, lying, stealing, family.
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(*) Comissão de Protecção de Crianças e Jovens de Almada, Rua Irene Lisboa, Complexo Educativo dos Cataventos da Paz, 2800 Almada, Portugal.
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