Neuro-Psychological Basis of 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...

Apotemnophilia – the Neurological Basis of a ‘ Psychological ’ Disorder

The question of how the human brain combines disparate sensory inputs to construct a unified body image is of longstanding interest 1, 2, 3. We approached this subject by studying the unusual medical condition of apotemnophilia, in which otherwise mentally normal individuals express the strong and persistent desire for the amputation of a specific healthy limb 4, 5, 6. Here we show using functi...

Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder.

Perspectives on the Incredible Years programme: psychological management of conduct disorder.

Two out of three children diagnosed with conduct disorder will not outgrow it without treatment. It is costly to the individual in terms of negative life outcomes and to society in terms of increased health, social and education service use. Psychosocial interventions are effective in psychologically managing and preventing the onset of conduct disorder.