PSY341H5 Chapter Notes -Conduct Disorder, Psychopathy, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Document Summary
The term "conduct disorders" refers to aggressive, destructive and disruptive behaviors in childhood that are serious and likely to impair a child"s development. Ex. repeatedly hitting other children, often causing injury; breaking household objects; and frequent refusal to obey commands and keep to house or school rules. In dsm-iv: odd = recurrent negativistic, defiant, disobedient and hostile behaviors. In icd-10: oppositional and conduct problems are both included under the heading of cd. Cd = presence of repetitive & persistent violations of societal norms and other people"s basic rights. Many of these behaviors are common normal development in young kids, especially oppositional behaviors. Delinquency that develops in adolescence without preceding conduct problems probably has less serious consequences in adult life. There is no natural cut-off, so generally it is not useful to determine whether a child has the disorder, but rather to what extent, and what the particular area of vulnerability are.
