Assessing Conduct Disorder

Conduct Disorder

LITERATURE REVIEW Antisocial behavior is inevitable in the course of development of children and is among the most common presenting complaints in the practice of child and adolescent psychiatry. Its relationship to psychopathology is complex (Robins et al, 1991; Raine, 1993; Wehby et al., 1993; Carey, 1994; Gureje et al., 1994; Rutter, 1996). Not all-antisocial behavior is pathological, theref...

Comparison between Conduct Disorder and Hyperkinetic Conduct Disorder

Sir, I read with great interest the study by Malhotra et al.(1999, 41, 111-121). This study was designed to evaluate the symptomatology and clinical variables of hyperkinetic conduct disorder (HCD) and compare it with conduct disorder (CD) and also to determine the clinical variables that can discriminate these two disorders as a validation of HCD as a category. However, this study merits certa...

Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder.

Conduct Disorder: Causes and Prevention

Conduct disorder (CD) is characterized by a pattern of behaviour that violates the basic rights of others or age-appropriate norms and rules of society. CD is extremely challenging for parents, teachers, and mental health professionals. The common symptoms of CD are aggression, theft, lying, destruction, vandalism and violation of societal norms and basic rights of others. The cause of CD is be...

Genetic influences on conduct disorder.

Conduct disorder (CD) is a moderately heritable psychiatric disorder of childhood and adolescence characterized by aggression toward people and animals, destruction of property, deceitfulness or theft, and serious violation of rules. Genome-wide scans using linkage and association methods have identified a number of suggestive genomic regions that are pending replication. A small number of cand...