Introduction. CD (Conduct Disorder) is a DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition), diagnosis typically assigned to individuals ...Author:DavidPorter,MA,LADCgoConductDisorderDSM-5312.81(F91.1),312.82(F91.2),and312.89(F91.9)DSM-5Category:Disruptive,Impulse-Control,andConductDisordersIntroductionCD(ConductDisorder)isaDSM-5(DiagnosticandStatisticalManualofMentalDisorders,fifthedition),diagnosistypicallyassignedtoindividualsunderage18,whohabituallyviolatetherightsofothers,andwillnotconformtheirbehaviortothelaworsocialnormsappropriatefortheirage.ConductDisordermayalsobedescribedasjuveniledelinquency;behaviorpatternswhichwillbringayoungpersonintocontactwiththejuvenilejusticesystem,orotherdisciplinaryactionfromparentsoradministrativedisciplinefromschools.ItiswellestablishedthatConductDisordercanbeapremorbidconditionforAPD(AntisocialPersonalityDisorder)orhabitualadultcriminality,especiallywhenCU(Callous-Unemotional)traitsarepresent.Thereiswellestablishedco-morbidityandpremorbiditywithADD/ADHD(AttentionDeficitDisorder/AttentionDeficitHyperactivityDisorder)andODD(OppositionalDefiantDisorder)(Pardini&Fite,2010).Thedirectionofcausalitymaybebi-directional,asADD/ADHDchildrenareatriskformaltreatmentfrompeersandparents,andmaltreatmentisestablishedasariskfactorforbothConductDisorderandadultcriminality(DeSanctis,Nomura,Newcorn,&Halperinb,2012).IthasbeenfoundthattherateofConductDisorderresultinginadultcriminalityisashighas50%(Bonin,Stevens,Beecham,Byford,&Parsonage,2011).SymptomsofConductDisorderAccordingtotheDSM-5,todiagnoseConductDisorder,leastfourofthefollowinghavetobepresentAggressivebehaviortowardothersandanimals.Frequentphysicalaltercationswithothers.Useofaweapontoharmothers.Deliberatelyphysicallycrueltootherpeople.Deliberatelyphysicallycrueltoanimals.Involvementinconfrontationaleconomicordercrime-e.g.,mugging.Hasperpetratedaforciblesexactonanother.Propertydestructionbyarson.Propertydestructionbyothermeans.Hasengagedinnon-confrontationaleconomi