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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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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[Behaviour therapy and child welfare - results of an approach to improve mental health care of aggressive children]

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The Training with Aggressive Children (Petermann & Petermann, 2008) was integrated into the setting of a child welfare service. This study examined, if mental health care of aggressive children in child welfare settings can be improved, ... Read more...


Behavior modification of aggressive children in child welfare: evaluation of a combined intervention program.

29 Jun 2009 Children and adolescents with aggressive disorders are prevalent in child welfare settings. Therefore, the assumption is that child welfare services would benefit from a cognitive-behavioral intervention. This study investigates whether ... Read more...


Community vs. clinic-based modular treatment of children with early-onset ODD or CD: a clinical trial with 3-year follow-up.

29 Jun 2009 This study examines the treatment outcomes of 139, 6-11 year-old, clinically referred boys and girls diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) or Conduct Disorder (CD) who were randomly assigned to a modular-based treatment protocol that ... 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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