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Antisocial behaviour: does a preventative intervention reduce cortisol levels in response to a social challenge?

Laurie Miller Brotman

Correspondence to: Laurie Miller Brotman, NYU Child Study Centre, New York University School of Medicine, 215 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA; Laurie.Brotman@nyumc.org

QUESTION
Question:
Does an intervention to prevent antisocial behaviour also alter cortisol levels in response to a social challenge?

Patients:
Seventy preschool children (aged 2–5 years) with risk factors for psychiatric disorders (maternal depression, poverty, poor birth environment or other parental issues). Participants were identified from court records of their adjudicated siblings, who had previously participated in an RCT of a preventative intervention for antisocial behaviour. Exclusions: developmental disorder or mental retardation, or caregiver with DSM-IV substance abuse or psychiatric disorder. 64% of caregivers were African American and 28% Latino.

Setting:
New York (location and study dates not given).

Intervention:
Parent/child group sessions and home visits over 22 weeks, aimed at improving parenting practices and child’s social performance (control condition not described). During parent group sessions, the focus . . . [Full text of this article]

Richard E Tremblay

International Laboratory for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Development, INSERM U669, Paris, France; University College Dublin, Ireland; University of Montreal, Canada