A therapeutic model for rehabilitating conduct disorder: A twofold approach of implementing virtue

Abstract

The treatment outcome for Antisocial Personality Disorder lacks successful rehabilitation. Therefore, it is of great importance in stopping the trajectory of this disorder by rehabilitating Conduct Disorder. Beginning with an integrative model of conceptualization, based on Thomistic anthropology, Conduct Disorder can be treated by incorporating the virtues of prudence and justice through a twofold approach of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy. By integrating across different therapeutic modalities and the sciences of humanities, a proposed model will be produced. The proposed therapeutic model is a twofold approach in rehabilitating an individual with Conduct Disorder. The first step in the model treats the intellectual component of the client through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The second approach addresses the emotional and relational aspect of the client by focusing on an interpersonal therapeutic modality. The aim is to establish change in behavior by implementing the virtue of prudence through CBT, while at the same time, engage the individual in the virtue of justice through an interpersonal framework.