Psychiatry and Psychology

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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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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4 entry terms
  • Conduct Disorders
  • Callous-Unemotional Traits
  • Callous Unemotional Traits
  • Callous-Unemotional Trait

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Conduct Disorder. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019955. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019955
  2. Conduct Disorder. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conduct_disorder
  3. Conduct Disorder. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q596474