The Role of Emotion Understanding in the Development of Aggression and Callous-Unemotional Features across Early Childhood.

Findings suggest that Emotion Understanding is influential in the early development of aggression, which may in turn influence the development or exacerbation of Callous-Unemotional features. Children’s Emotion Understanding in early childhood, especially concerning others’ distress, may be an important component of preventive intervention efforts for young children at risk for serious antisocial behavior. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10802-018-0468-9

Exaggerated Emotions: How and Why ADHD Triggers Intense Feelings.

Intense Feelings: “Challenges with processing emotions start in the brain itself. Sometimes the working memory impairments of ADHD allow a momentary emotion to become too strong, flooding the brain with one intense emotion.” Thomas Brown, Ph.D., explains why (and how) ADHD sparks such intense anger, frustration, and hurt. https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/adhd-emotions-understanding-intense-feelings/?utm_source=eletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=best_october_2018&utm_content=102618  

Current best practice in the use of parent training and other behavioural interventions in the treatment of children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Parent training is an important part of the multimodal treatment of children with ADHD, which improves parenting, reduces levels of oppositional and noncompliant behaviours and may improve other aspects of functioning. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29083042 https://psiquiatria.com/trastornos-infantiles-y-de-la-adolescencia/la-mejor-practica-actual-en-el-uso-de-la-capacitacion-de-los-padres-y-otras-intervenciones-conductuales-en-el-tratamiento-de-ninos-y-adolescentes-con-tdah/