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Specific Advice

Conduct Disorder is characterized by a basic disregard of the rights of others. It may also include disregard for age appropriate societal norms and rules. Children with Conduct Disorder are often violent, aggressive, manipulative, steal, set fires, and destroy property.

Conduct Disorder may be diagnosed as Childhood-Onset Type with symptoms present by the age of 10 years old, or as Adolescent-Onset Type with symptoms present only after the age of 10 years old. Further qualifiers of the disorder are Mild, Moderate, and Severe, based on the number of criteria met for diagnosis.

Conduct Disorder is nearly twice as likely to occur in males than females and has been shown to have both genetic and environmental links. Children with Conduct Disorder often participate in maladaptive adult behaviors at an earlier age (drinking, smoking, sexual activity) and tend to lack empathy even as adults.

Conduct Disorder can be misdiagnosed if social and economic factors are not taken into account. Children who, for various reasons, are forced to survive difficult environments when they are young may exhibit symptoms of this disorder.

Treatment of Conduct Disorder will likely include intensive behavioral therapies and may require a special temporary placement for your child if their behavior is extremely severe. Your child's treatment should be a cooperative effort between you, your child, and your child's psychotherapist and doctor or psychiatrist.

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