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Conduct Disorder (CD)

Most parents of Oppositional Defiant Disorder children feel that things can't get much worse. Well, in the event you ever felt that way I am about to put things in perspective for you. We are now going to discuss Conduct Disorder.

Conduct Disorder is the most serious of all disruptive behavior disorders in children and teens. This difficult condition affects between 1 to 4 percent of children and adolescents, is more common in boys than in girls, and occurs more frequently in cities than in rural areas. There are chidren who show signs of Conduct Disorder very early in life, even before they begin to go to school.

Conduct Disorder often is viewed as a worse version of ODD, however there are some differences. Oppositional Defiant Disorder children tend to have worse social skills than children with Conduct Disorder. Also, ODD children may be difficult and defiant, but they usually have no desire to deliberately harm others. Their difficult behavior is more of a result of their frustration and their lack of tolerance.

Children with Conduct Disorder do intentionally cause harm to others, often for no real reason. Their antisocial behavior may include vandalism and theft, and these children terrorize their community. Usually by the age of ten, these children have already been involved with illegal activities on a frequent enough basis that they have already had contact with the police.

Here is the official definition:

Conduct Disorder is a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major society rules are violated.

The diagnosis requires that at least three of the following criteria be present in the last 12 months, and at least one criterion must have been present in the last 6 months.

These are:

Aggression to people and animals:

-often bullies, threatens, or intimidates others

-often initiates physical fights

-has used a weapon that can cause serious physical harm to others (a bat, brick, broken bottle, knife, gun)

-physically cruel to animals

-physically cruel to people

-has stolen while confronting a victim ( mugging, purse snatching, extortion, armed robbery)

Destruction of property:

-has deliberately engaged in fire setting with the intention of causing serious damage

-has deliberately destroyed other's property other than by fire setting

Deceitfulness or theft:

-has broken into someone else's house, building or car

-often lies to obtain goods or favors or to avoid work

-has stolen items of nontrivial value without confronting a victim (shoplifting, forgery)

Serious violations of rules:

-often stays out at night despite parental prohibitions, beginning before 13 years of age

-has run away from home overnight at least twice without returning home for a lengthy period

-often skips school before age 13

The main thing that separates ODD from conduct disorder is the issue of danger. Oppositional defiant disorder children can be exasperating for everyone around them. They argue, they manipulative, they cause discord between parents, and they disrupt the lives of everyone around them. But these children are not dangerous. They do not harm others. With conduct disorder children, safety is a major concern. They are a threat to the body and possessions of those around them.

Even if your child has signs of Conduct Disorder, there is room for optimism. It used to be thought that conduct disorder children were just in the early stages of a life long path of criminal behavior. This is not true for most children.

Conduct Disorder children usually have multiple concurrent psychiatric problems. Most commonly these children have ADHD, but many also have bipolar disorder, depression, learning disorders, and anxiety disorder. These other disorders are the key to treatment.

Frequently, when you address the other problems, the Conduct Disorder behavior improves or goes away.

This is true to such an extent, that treating concurrent disorders is the major key to breaking the path of a conduct disorder child to a career criminal. Therefore, if your child does have conduct disorder, you absolutely must find out all the other problems he has and treat them aggressively. This is another reason why a good evaluation is so essential.

If you suspect your child has Conduct Disorder, you should take aggressive action. This is not the type of condition that you want to wait around and hope your child will outgrow.

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