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)

4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED

The world-wide medical research
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PubMed article’s summary-abstract.

  • Insights into prescribing patterns for antidepressants: an evidence-based analysis
    by Hua Min on January 28, 2025

    CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provide valuable insights into the nuanced factors that shape evidence-based antidepressant prescribing practices, offering a foundation for more personalized, effective depression treatment. Further research is needed to validate these models in other extant databases. These findings contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of antidepressant prescribing practices and have the potential to improve patient outcomes in the management of depression.

  • Mental Health Assessment of the Population: Study Protocol of the MAP Research Program in Ukraine (MAP-U) and in Zurich (MAP-Z)
    by Viktoriia Yasenok on January 28, 2025

    CONCLUSION: MAP will generate reliable, comparable, and high-quality epidemiological data to inform public mental health and healthcare policies in the Ukrainian population.

  • Pharmacological Aspects in the Management of Children and Adolescents with Prader-Willi Syndrome
    by Jennifer Miller on January 28, 2025

    Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder that impacts the musculoskeletal, endocrine, pulmonary, neurologic, ocular, and gastrointestinal systems. In addition, individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome have issues with cognitive development, characteristic behavioral problems, and perhaps most profoundly, appetite control. Currently, the only US Food and Drug Administration-approved therapy for Prader-Willi syndrome is growth hormone, which has been Food and Drug Administration...

  • Neurocognitive dysfunctions in childhood-onset schizophrenia: A systematic review
    by A Armita on January 27, 2025

    CONCLUSION: COS is characterized by major cognitive impairments, both before the onset of the disease and throughout its course. As in adult-onset schizophrenia, generalized cognitive impairment is found without the emergence of a specific profile, providing further support for the continuum hypothesis between early-onset and adult-onset schizophrenia. Collaborative research on a larger scale (including meta-analyses) and using complementary approaches (dimensional and multimodal) is needed to...