Question 1

what's behavior therapy and how it is used to treat conduct disorder?

Accepted Answer

Violating rights: Conduct disorder involves chronically violating the rights of others, impulsivity and defying authority, and breaking laws.  It is related to childhood maltreatment and lack of skill development. Behavior therapy can use behavior modification techniques such as rewards and punishments or cognitive behavioral therapy to change how a person thinks and thus behaves. Family therapy is also needed.

Question 2

what treatments can i recieve for mood disorders, anxiety disorder, conduct disorder, psychotic disorder?

Accepted Answer

Psychiatric eval: Psychiatric evaluation would be the first thing you need here, to determine the most likely diagnosis that could explain your symptoms.   There are various medications that help mood disorders, psychosis, and anxiety; psychotherapies are important treatments in all of those and in conduct disorder.  You can receive comprehensive treatment once we understand what's wrong & what's needed.

Question 3

is conduct disorder hereditary?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Conduct disorder is not a condition so much as a description of a cluster of symptoms of inappropriate behaviors occurring in other conditions. People with bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, depression and ad/hd have a high incidence of conduct problems. The primary conditions are all heritable. Treatment of the primary problem usually helps the conduct problem.

Question 4

i'm wondering how similar are conduct disorder and aspergers?

Accepted Answer

Very different: With conduct disorders people often intentionally break rules and have delinquent behaviors. With aspergers they simply have quirky behavior and difficulty understanding social norms.

Question 5

is homicidal ideation more common in kids with conduct disorder?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Conduct disorder is the pediatric version of antisocial personality disorder which was formerly called psychopath disorder.  Psychopaths typically had homocidal ideation.

Question 6

tell me more about oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder?

Accepted Answer

A bad kid!: At the least, this might have been what folk would call him/her. Odd has to last awhile and is about the very negative attitude held and expressed by the person. I'd imagine it overlaps a lot and often with cd. Here's a good bit of info on odd: http://en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/oppositional_defiant_disorder
good luck.

Question 7

do children with autism disorder also often have problems with conduct disorder?

Accepted Answer

No/yes: Autistic kids have major behavioral problems. But this is very different from conduct disorder. Autistic kids react according to their perception of the environment. They don't comprehend what others do. That isn't a conduct problem it's a comprehension problem. Treaments are available to help these symptoms.

Question 8

what can cause conduct disorder?

Accepted Answer

Conduct: Conduct do follows oppositional defiant disorder which can be preceded by adhd. Basic issue is poor impulse control which lead to misconduct and getting in trouble

Question 9

what exactly is conduct disorder?

Accepted Answer

Behavior Disorder: Poor control over your own behavior again and again and again and again and again and again and again ...

Question 10

what constitutes ?conduct disorder ?

Accepted Answer

Oppositional plus: Conduct disorder is a disorder of childhood and adolescence involving long-term (chronic) behavior problems, such as
defiant or impulsive behavior, substance use and criminal (antisocial) behaviors.

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