"TCIT benefits misbehaving kids, but it also benefits behaving kids, " said Melanie Fernandez, director of the Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Program at the Child Mind Institute in New York, a nonprofit focused on child mental health, which has been researching TCIT for several years.

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But research shows that a holistic approach that treats both body and mind through a combination of medication and talking therapy offers the greatest long-term benefits.

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