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Endogenous Opioids, Childhood Psychopathology, and Quay’s Interpretation of Jeffrey Gray

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Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Childhood

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One of Herbert C. Quay’s many contributions to our evolving understanding of childhood psychopathology was his 1983 extension of the theories of Jeffrey A. Gray to children with disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) (Quay, 1988). Quay (1988) placed three broad-band childhood disorders—attention-deficit disorder with hyperactivity, conduct disorder, and anxiety-withdrawal disorder—within Gray’s model of a Behavioral Activation System (BAS) and a Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) (Gray, 1972, 1973, 1979, 1982).

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Kruesi, M.J.P. et al. (1994). Endogenous Opioids, Childhood Psychopathology, and Quay’s Interpretation of Jeffrey Gray. In: Routh, D.K. (eds) Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Childhood. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1501-6_8

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