Conduct Disorder Flashcards
Conduct problem
Age inappropriate actions and attitudes that violate family expectations, social norms and personal/ property rights
Which problem behaviour is highly stable
Aggression
% that have early, persistent and extreme antisocial behaviour
5%
What % of menatl health money is attributed to crime
20%
How much does a problem child cost per year and in a lifetime
10000/ year
2 million in a lifetime
Legal perspective
Juveline delinqency– children who break the law
Age of responsibility
12
Psychological perspective
Conduct problems seen as a continuous externalizing behaviour pattern
Extenralizing dimension
Rule breaking
Agression
Overt- covert dimension
Range from visible to hidden acts
Destructive- non destructive dimension
Range form assault to arguing
Psychiatric perspective
Distinct mental disorders based on DSM
Disruptive Behaviour Disorders
Persistent pattern of antisocial behaviour, represented by ODD and CD
Public Health perspective
Reduce injury, death, suffering and cost of youth violence
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Stubborn, hostile, disobediant and defiant