title: [Aggression in children and adolescents].
abstract: The author defines the terms aggression and aggressiveness. She discusses the relationships between aggressiveness and neurotransmitters, organic change, aggression and punishment. Aggression as a feature of developmental change, aggression and social ethology, development of violence. She describes the problem of self-damage and self-injuring behaviour. The author analyzes comprehensive therapy of aggressive behaviour-preventive, family, behavioural and psychopharmacological treatment (neuroleptics, incl. atypical ones-doses used in children and adolescents, antidepressants, incl. AD of the third generation, anxiolytics, incl. atypical ones, antiepileptics and lithium). Psychopharmaceutical preparations in self-injuring behaviour are reviewed and problems of external stimulation are analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Institut postgraduálního vzdĕlávání ve zdravotnictví, Praha.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malá
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000374:Aggression; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Agrese u dĕtí a adolescentů.