Conduct Disorder - Epidemiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The role of harsh discipline in explaining sex differences in conduct disorder: a study of opposite-sex twin pairs.

29 Jun 2009 In the current study, two hypotheses about the role of harsh discipline (HD) in explaining the sex difference in the prevalence of conduct disorder (CD) were evaluated: that boys exhibit more CD than girls because (1) they are exposed to more HD ... Read more...

Bidirectional influences of violence exposure and adjustment in early adolescence: externalizing behaviors and school connectedness.

29 Jun 2009 This study utilized cross-lagged longitudinal models to examine prospective, bidirectional relationships between witnessing violence and victimization and three adjustment variables--delinquency, conduct problems, and school connectedness. ... Read more...

Differentiating early-onset persistent versus childhood-limited conduct problem youth.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: Among young children who demonstrate high levels of conduct problems, less than 50% will continue to exhibit these problems into adolescence. Such developmental heterogeneity presents a serious challenge for intervention and diagnostic ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Conduct Disorder - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The role of harsh discipline in explaining sex differences in conduct disorder: a study of opposite-sex twin pairs. 29 Jun 2009
• Bidirectional influences of violence exposure and adjustment in early adolescence: externalizing behaviors and school connectedness. 29 Jun 2009
• Differentiating early-onset persistent versus childhood-limited conduct problem youth. 29 Jun 2009
• Childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders as predictors of young adult disorders. 29 Jun 2009
• Three-year follow-up of syndromal antisocial behavior in adults: results from the wave 2 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. 14 Jun 2009
• Mediators of change for multisystemic therapy with juvenile sexual offenders. 30 May 2009
• Hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattention (HIA) and conduct problems among African American youth: the roles of neighborhood and gender. 29 Apr 2009
• The child behavior checklist-pediatric bipolar disorder profile predicts a subsequent diagnosis of bipolar disorder and associated impairments in ADHD youth growing up: a longitudinal analysis. 29 Apr 2009
• Focus on childhood and adolescent mental health. Predictors, criteria, and treatment response. 29 Apr 2009
• Comorbidity and its impact in adult patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a primary care perspective. 29 Apr 2009
• Service utilization by children with conduct disorders: findings from the 2004 Great Britain child mental health survey. 6 Apr 2009
• Developmental pathways to conduct problems: a further test of the childhood and adolescent-onset distinction. 30 Mar 2009
• Pharmacologic treatment of pediatric bipolar disorder. 30 Mar 2009
• Comorbidity in pediatric bipolar disorder. 30 Mar 2009
• Parent training for young Norwegian children with ODD and CD problems: predictors and mediators of treatment outcome. 30 Mar 2009
• Childhood predictors of completed and severe suicide attempts: findings from the Finnish 1981 Birth Cohort Study. 30 Mar 2009
• Population density and youth antisocial behavior. 29 Mar 2009
• Oppositional defiant and conduct disorder behaviors in boys with autism spectrum disorder with and without attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder versus several comparison samples. 14 Mar 2009
• Childhood bullying behaviors as a risk for suicide attempts and completed suicides: a population-based birth cohort study. 27 Feb 2009
• Sports participation and juvenile delinquency: the role of the peer context among adolescent boys and girls with varied histories of problem behavior. 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Conduct Disorder'

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