- Section 1 The Subject Matter of and Approach to Psychiatry
- 1.3 Psychiatry as a worldwide public health problem
- 1.4 The history of psychiatry as a medical specialty
- 1.5 Ethics and values
- 1.6 The psychiatrist as a manager
- 1.7 Descriptive phenomenology
- 1.8 Assessment
- 1.9 Diagnosis and classification
- 1.10 From science to practice
- Section 2 The Scientific Basis of Psychiatric Aetiology
- 2.3 The contribution of neurosciences
- 2.4 The contribution of genetics
- 2.5 The contribution of psychological science
- 2.6 The contribution of social sciences
- 2.7 The contribution of epidemiology to psychiatric aetiology
- Section 3 Psychodynamic Contributions to Psychiatry
- Section 4 Clinical Syndromes of Adult Psychiatry
- 4.4 Persistent delusional symptoms and disorders
- 4.5 Mood disorders
- 4.6 Stress-related and adjustment disorders
- 4.7 Anxiety disorders
- Section 5 Psychiatry and Medicine
- Section 6 Treatment Methods in Psychiatry
- 6.2 Somatic treatments
- Section 7 Social Psychiatry and Service Provision
- Section 8 The Psychiatry of Old Age
- Section 9 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- 9.1 General issues
- 9.2 Clinical syndromes
- 9.2.1 Neuropsychiatric disorders
- 9.2.2 Specific developmental disorders in childhood and adolescence
- 9.2.3 Autism and the pervasive developmental disorders
- 9.2.4 Attention deficit and hyperkinetic disorders in childhood and adolescence
- 9.2.5 Conduct disorders in childhood and adolescence
- 9.2.6 Anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence
- 9.2.7 Paediatric mood disorders
- 9.2.8 Obsessive–compulsive disorder and tics in children and adolescents
- 9.2.9 Sleep disorders in children and adolescents
- 9.2.10 Suicide and attempted suicide in children and adolescents
- 9.2.11 Children's speech and language difficulties
- 9.2.12 Gender identity disorder in children and adolescents
- 9.3 Situations affecting child mental health
- 9.4 The child as witness
- 9.5 Treatment methods for children and adolescents
- Section 10 Intellectual Disability (Mental Retardation)
- Section 11 Forensic Psychiatry
Conduct disorders in childhood and adolescence
- Chapter:
- Conduct disorders in childhood and adolescence
- Author(s):
Stephen Scott
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199696758.003.0216
The term conduct disorder refers to a persistent pattern of antisocial behaviour in which the individual repeatedly breaks social rules and carries out aggressive acts which upset other people. It is the commonest psychiatric disorder of childhood across the world, and the commonest reason for referral to child and adolescent mental health services in Western countries. Antisocial behaviour has the highest continuity into adulthood of all measured human traits except intelligence. A high proportion of children and adolescents with conduct disorder grow up to be antisocial adults with impoverished and destructive lifestyles; a significant minority will develop antisocial personality disorder (psychopathy). The disorder in adolescence is becoming more frequent in Western countries and places a large personal and economic burden on individuals and society.
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- Section 1 The Subject Matter of and Approach to Psychiatry
- 1.3 Psychiatry as a worldwide public health problem
- 1.4 The history of psychiatry as a medical specialty
- 1.5 Ethics and values
- 1.6 The psychiatrist as a manager
- 1.7 Descriptive phenomenology
- 1.8 Assessment
- 1.9 Diagnosis and classification
- 1.10 From science to practice
- Section 2 The Scientific Basis of Psychiatric Aetiology
- 2.3 The contribution of neurosciences
- 2.4 The contribution of genetics
- 2.5 The contribution of psychological science
- 2.6 The contribution of social sciences
- 2.7 The contribution of epidemiology to psychiatric aetiology
- Section 3 Psychodynamic Contributions to Psychiatry
- Section 4 Clinical Syndromes of Adult Psychiatry
- 4.4 Persistent delusional symptoms and disorders
- 4.5 Mood disorders
- 4.6 Stress-related and adjustment disorders
- 4.7 Anxiety disorders
- Section 5 Psychiatry and Medicine
- Section 6 Treatment Methods in Psychiatry
- 6.2 Somatic treatments
- Section 7 Social Psychiatry and Service Provision
- Section 8 The Psychiatry of Old Age
- Section 9 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- 9.1 General issues
- 9.2 Clinical syndromes
- 9.2.1 Neuropsychiatric disorders
- 9.2.2 Specific developmental disorders in childhood and adolescence
- 9.2.3 Autism and the pervasive developmental disorders
- 9.2.4 Attention deficit and hyperkinetic disorders in childhood and adolescence
- 9.2.5 Conduct disorders in childhood and adolescence
- 9.2.6 Anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence
- 9.2.7 Paediatric mood disorders
- 9.2.8 Obsessive–compulsive disorder and tics in children and adolescents
- 9.2.9 Sleep disorders in children and adolescents
- 9.2.10 Suicide and attempted suicide in children and adolescents
- 9.2.11 Children's speech and language difficulties
- 9.2.12 Gender identity disorder in children and adolescents
- 9.3 Situations affecting child mental health
- 9.4 The child as witness
- 9.5 Treatment methods for children and adolescents
- Section 10 Intellectual Disability (Mental Retardation)
- Section 11 Forensic Psychiatry