Case study: effective method in the diagnosis and treatment of behavioral disorders

Authors

  • Pavel Ernesto Arribas Llópis Child Care Center. Villa Clara.
  • Yakelín Gómez Morales “Marta Abreu” Central University of Las Villas. Villa Clara.
  • Anselmo Leónides Guillen Estevez Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.
  • Celidanay Ramírez Mesa Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.

Keywords:

child behavior disorders, case reports, psychology, adolescent, education, special

Abstract

Background: behavioral disorders are a health problem that requires multidisciplinary action between institutions from different fields of knowledge. Its treatment through the study of cases as a detailed, descriptive and holistic method of research enables the effective diagnosis of it and also it is a guide towards a comprehensive treatment for its solution.
Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of the case study method in the diagnosis and treatment for conduct disorders.
Methods: a descriptive study was conducted in Santa Clara municipality during February 2018. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis method, inductive-deductive method and historical-logical method; empirical methods: documentary analysis method, life history method, participant observation method, key informant interview, family members interview and the case study method.
Results: the methods we used made possible to obtain a preventive diagnosis from the detailed analysis of the psycho-pedagogical and psychosocial characteristics of the child, who was prescribed as sufferer of dissociative identity disorder enhanced and generated by patterns, codes and antisocial styles assumed from friendship circles, with an unfavorable prognosis.
Conclusions: the effectiveness of the case study method in the diagnosis and treatment for  conduct disorders was evaluated since it made possible to identify the potentialities of the subject's environment to face this problem and those inherent in him and his family, and the development of strategies that contribute to success in terms of civic behavior in accordance with the Cuban social project.

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Author Biographies

Pavel Ernesto Arribas Llópis, Child Care Center. Villa Clara.

Degree in Law. Specialist at the Child Care Center. Master in Management. Assistant teacher.

Yakelín Gómez Morales, “Marta Abreu” Central University of Las Villas. Villa Clara.

Graduate in Plastic Education. Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences. Associate Professor. Education Studies Center.

Anselmo Leónides Guillen Estevez, Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.

Bachelor of Education. Physics-Astronomy Specialty. Assistant Professor. Department of Medical Informatics. Faculty of Health Technology and Nursing.

Celidanay Ramírez Mesa, Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.

Doctor in medicine. I Degree Specialist in Comprehensive General Medicine and Human Anatomy. Assistant Professor. Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences. School of Medicine.

Published

2020-07-01

How to Cite

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Arribas Llópis PE, Gómez Morales Y, Guillen Estevez AL, Ramírez Mesa C. Case study: effective method in the diagnosis and treatment of behavioral disorders. EDUMEC [Internet]. 2020 Jul. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 12];12(3):53-66. Available from: https://revedumecentro.sld.cu/index.php/edumc/article/view/1607

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ARTÍCULO ORIGINAL