ArticlePaediatrics & child health2017
Screening for disruptive behaviour problems in preschool children in primary health care settings.
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- Multimodal generative AI for pre-practicum mental health support competency development: a human-supervised framework for education-childcare partnerships.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- The ages and stages of paediatric social prescribing.Paediatrics & child health · 2025Article
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- The Household Food Security and Feeding Pattern of Preschool Children in North-Central Nigeria.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Relationships matter: How clinicians can support positive parenting in the early years.Paediatrics & child health · 2019Review
- Anticipatory guidance for behaviour concerns: School age children.Paediatrics & child health · 2019Article
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- Erratum issued
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Disruptive behaviour problems in preschool children are significant risk factors for, and potential components of, neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders. Some noncompliance, temper tantrums and aggression between 2 and 5 years of age are normal and transient. However, problematic levels of disruptive behaviour, specifically when accompanied by functional impairment and/or significant distress, should be identified because early intervention can improve outcome trajectories. This position statement provides an approach to early identification using clinical screening at periodic health examinations, followed by a systematic mental health examination that includes standardized measures. The practitioner should consider a range of environmental, developmental, family and parent-child relationship factors to evaluate the clinical significance of disruptive behaviours. Options within a management plan include regular monitoring, accompanied by health guidance and parenting advice, referral to parent behaviour training as a core evidence-based intervention, and referral to specialty care for preschool children with significant disruptive behaviours, developmental or mental health comorbidities, or who are not responding to first-line interventions.
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