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What is the definition or description of: conduct disorder?

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Dr. Glen Elliott answered

Specializes in Child Psychiatry

Rule breaking: Conduct disorder typically occurs in teens and refers to a persisten pattern of rule breaking with respects to rights of others and social norms. Behaviors can include aggression to people or animals, property distruction, stealing and lying, and other forms of rule-breaking such as running away or being truant. Behaviors have to be recurrent & persistant & cause impairment for the individual.

Answered 10/4/2016

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Lots of misconduct: A disorder usually diagnosed in childhood/adolescence persisting for at least a year with at least 3 at least one persisting symptom over the past 6 months. Symptoms include cruelty to animals or people, bullying/fighting stealing, forced sexual activity, fire setting/property destruction, repeated lying, defiance of rules, truancy, running away, etc. It can get increasingly worse w/o treatment.

Answered 1/19/2013

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