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
When does ODD appear
before age 8
2 types of behaviour in ODD
Negative affect
Defiance
Conduct disorder
Severe aggression, antisocial acts, inflicting pain on others and interfering with their rights, stealing, vandalism
Childhood onset CD
Display at least one symptom before age 10– more likely to be boys, show aggression
Adolescent Onset CD
As likely for girls as boys- less violence and persistence
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Disregard for and violation of rights of others
% of CD kids that develop APD
40
Callous and Unemotional Interpersonal Style
Lack of guilt and empathy, narcisim
Hostile Attributional Bias
Attribute hostile intent to other children– reactive- aggressie
