Behavioural disorders : Conduct disorder

Question 1

How to you assess for conduct disorder and which two objective measures can you use?

Answer 1

repetitive and persistent pattern of antisocial behaviour for over 6 months, specifically for under 18s (conduct disorder)

• reports from parents / teachers / developmental assessment
  **- strengths and difficulties questionnaire
• child behaviour checklist**

Question 2

How to manage conduct disorder
1st line?

Answer 2

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First line: parent training programmes/family education**

Second line: child focussed programmes involving anger management, social skills, problem solving

Question 3

What is conduct disorder?

Answer 3

repetitive and persistent pattern of antisocial behaviour for over 6 months, specifically for under 18s

Question 4

What are the features of conduct disorder?

Answer 4

• bullying / stealing / fighting / fire-setting
• aggression towards animal and people
• destruction of property and violation of rules

overal antisocial behavious

Question 5

What is oppositional defiant disorder?

Answer 5

oppositional defiant disorder is a milder form of conduct disorder, have markedly defiant, disobedient, distruptive behaviour but no delinquint acts or more extreme forms of aggression.

Question 6

What future complications may affect someone with conduct disorder?

Answer 6

50% will develop substance misuse problems, or antisocial personality disorder as adults

Question 7

How to manage conduct disorder
2nd line?

Answer 7

Second line: child focused programmes involving anger management, social skills, problem solving

Question 8

What are the risk factors for conduct disorder (this is catergorised into 3 factors)

Answer 8

• child factors: low IQ ,chronic illness
• family factors: poor parenting, parental criminality, FH of substance misuse, maternal depression
• Environmental factors: urban upbringing, deprivation, low socioeconomic status