title: "Out of control" behavior in adolescents.
abstract: The physician should approach a problem of "out of control" behavior in an adolescent as a family issue rather than an individual issue, for not only the behavior itself bu the parental response to the behavior are key factors in understanding and coping with it. Areas of commonly encountered misbehavior are explored.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000786:Anger; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012419:Runaway Behavior; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology