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. 2017 Sep 20;43:84. doi: 10.1186/s13052-017-0404-6

Table 1.

Currently available psychotherapeutic treatments for children with conduct disorder and high CU traits

Name Age range Treatment target Time range Directed to (children, parents, teachers etc.) Main references
CARES Module 3.5–8 Improvement of emotion recognition and labelling; enhancement of pro-social and empathic behaviour; increase of child’s frustration tolerance. 6 weeks Children Datyner et al., 2016
ERT 6–16 Enhancement of emotion recognition and interpretation; improvements of empathic abilities. 4 sessions (90 min each) Children Dadds et al., [94]
Mental Models Adolescents Increase positive emotion and reduce negative affect; improvement of decision-making skills; reduction of psychopathic features. 12 weeks Children Salekin et al., [96]
CP Program 7–14 Improvement of emotion recognition, especially anger; increase of child’s ability to cope with anger arousal; enhancement of perspective taking ability and problem solving skills; improvement of parenting skills. 12 months Children and parents Lochman and Wells, [97]; Muratori et al., [98]

Legend: CARES coaching and rewarding emotional skills, ERT emotion recognition training, CP coping power