Aggressive and antisocial behavior is the most frequent basis of clinical referrals for children and adolescents and encompasses a third to half of the cases seen in inpatient and outpatient treatment, says Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D.
    Although behaviors such as fighting, destroying property, lying and stealing are seen in varying degrees in many children over the course of development, they become clinically significant when they are frequent and intense, go beyond isolated acts and lead to impairment in the child’s everyday life.
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    There are multiple opportunities/roles for psychologists in the philanthropic work of American foundations. Foundations are labor-intensive environments that have experienced rapid growth in the past 25 years..., says King Davis, Ph.D., who is executive director of the Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health & Social Policy for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at the University of Texas at Austin.
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    Problem gamblers use deceit and lies as freely as racing forms, lotto tickets or other gambling paraphernalia, says Gary Lange, Ph.D. A person in the grasp of a gambling disorder uses a tremendous amount of secrecy and manipulation to squander any available financial resources, so much so that their families feel as though their “money is on fire.”
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