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Conduct Disorder - Complications
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Definition of 'Conduct Disorder'

A repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated. These behaviors include aggressive conduct that causes or threatens physical harm to other people or animals, nonaggressive conduct that causes property loss or damage, deceitfulness or theft, and serious violations of rules. The onset is before age 18. (From DSM-IV, 1994)

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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Neurocognitive function in attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder with and without comorbid disruptive behaviour disorders.

30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of comorbid oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder (CD) on (i) symptom levels in attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and (ii) the relationship between ... Read more...


Contextualizing the neurobiology of conduct disorder in an emotion dysregulation framework.

5 Jun 2009 Conduct disorder (CD) represents the most common childhood psychiatric disorder found in community and mental health clinics. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the neurobiology of CD; specifically, neurological and neurochemical ... Read more...


Cortisol awakening response in healthy children and children with ADHD: impact of comorbid disorders and psychosocial risk factors.

8 Mar 2009 Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common child psychiatric disorders. Previous studies have reported a blunted cortisol response to challenging situations and a decreased cortisol awakening response (CAR) in children ... Read more...

 

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Definition: A repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated. These behaviors include aggressive conduct that causes or threatens physical harm to other people or animals, nonaggressive conduct that causes property loss or damage, deceitfulness or theft, and serious violations of rules. The onset is before age 18. (From DSM-IV, 1994)

Descriptor UI: D019955

Alternative terms: Conduct Disorder; Conduct Disorders;

Related Mesh Headings: Antisocial Personality Disorder;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.550.150.300;

History Note: 98

Technical Notes: onset before age 18

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