Conduct Disorder
“Conduct disorder” refers to a group of repetitive and persistent behavioral and emotional problems in youngsters. Children and adolescents with this disorder have great difficulty following rules, respecting the rights of others, showing empathy, and behaving in a socially acceptable way.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W048
Diagnosis: Conduct Disorder
US Patients: 1-10% of children
World Patients: 51Mil
Sex Ratio: 3-4M;1F
Age Onset: Before 10
Brain Area: lower responses to social behavior:amygdala, insula, orbitofrontal cortex, ventromedial-pfc; less gray matter
Symptoms: lower-level appropriateness to child’s age; anti-social or violent, biting and hitting, later delinquency & truancy, defiance
Progression: IQ-1SD below Mean; defective veral rasoning and executive function;lower serotonin & cortisol-less regulation
Causes: child abuse; alcohol abuse, maternal smoking during pregnancy;leads to earlier substance abuse; 25% learning disability
Medications: 53% heritability;
Therapies: reduced substance abuse helps 1/2
Youtube Video: This is Conduct Disorder
Amazon or Library Book: Anti-Social Youth and Conduct Disorders
Click the book to link or order from Amazon.
Support Group: mhanational.org;
(Parents of Children with Conduct Disorder)
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- Review: Systematic review and meta-analysis - financial incentives increase engagement with parenting programs for disruptive behavior problemsby Nathan Hodson on December 21, 2024
CONCLUSION: Incentives increase parenting programs engagement among parents who are invited and among parents who have begun attending programs. Incentives are an effective potential tool for increasing engagement but further research is needed to establish acceptability and optimal design.
- Factors that inhibit the social involvement of children with autism: perspectives of parents in the Cape Coast metropolisby Mawulorm Akpeke on December 20, 2024
CONCLUSION: Factors such as autistic features, sociocultural and financial constraints inhibited the social involvement of children with autism. Underlining these barriers is the issue of inadequate knowledge of autism and financial barriers for parents of children with autism. We, therefore, recommended that the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health to intensify advocacy programs targeted at educating the public on autism to reduce discrimination.
- Association of premature birth and maternal education level on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: A meta-analysisby Yin-Kai Zhao on December 20, 2024
CONCLUSION: This study found that preterm birth significantly increases the risk of ADHD in children, while a higher maternal education level serves as a protective factor against ADHD. To reduce the incidence of ADHD in children, public health policies should focus on early intervention for preterm infants and improving maternal education levels.
- The relationships between short video addiction, subjective well-being, social support, personality, and core self-evaluation: a latent profile analysisby Jie Ding on December 19, 2024
CONCLUSION: This study reveals that students with low extraversion, low SS and CSE scores tend to become addicted to short videos. SVA has negatively affected these personal traits. Our study explored the heterogeneity of SVA among college students from an individual-centered perspective, providing empirical support for scientifically and reasonably guiding the use of short videos among college students.