Conduct Disorder
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Conduct Disorder
Children with Conduct Disorder tend to show a persistent pattern of violating the social norms and rules of others. Many children with Conduct Disorder were diagnosed with Oppositional Defiance Disorder or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder during their early childhood years. Eighty percent of children with these diagnoses will go on to develop Conduct Disorder, and Conduct Disorder is strongly correlated with Antipersonality Disorder in adults.
Conduct Disorder may be caused by abuse or neglect, parental rejection, inconsistent parenting, frequently or lengthy disruption in the early years of life, an association with delinquent peer groups, or parental absence.
Symptoms of Conduct Disorder may include:
- aggression
- poor self-esteem
- substance abuse
- sexually inappropriate behavior
- poor frustration tolerance
- temper outbursts
- anxiety
- depression
- recklessness
- poor academic achievement
- impulsivity
- being cruel to people and others
- destruction of property
- truancy
- running away
- steeling
- fighting, bullying, threatening others
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