TableofContentsConductDisorderBasicsConductDisorder:WhatIsIt?ConductDisorder:WhattoLookForConductDisorder:RiskFactorsConductDisorder:DiagnosisConductDisorder:TreatmentConductDisorder:RiskForOtherDisordersTopicsA-Z>>BehaviorandConductDisorders>>GuidesConductDisorderBasicsEnEspañolConductDisorder(CD)ischaracterizedbycallousdisregardforandaggressiontowardothers,frompushing,hittingandbitinginearlychildhoodtobullying,crueltyandviolenceinadolescence.Inthisguideyou'llfindthesignsandsymptomsofconductdisorder,howit’sdiagnosedandoptionsfortreatment.ConductDisorder:WhatIsIt?Conductdisorderisasevereconditioncharacterizedbyhostileandsometimesphysicallyviolentbehaviorandadisregardforothers.ChildrenwithCDexhibitcruelty,fromearlypushing,hittingandbitingto,later,morethannormalteasingandbullying,hurtinganimals,pickingfights,theft,vandalism,andarson.Sincechildhoodandadolescentconductdisorderoftendevelopsintotheadultantisocialpersonalitydisorder,itshouldbeaddressedwithtreatmentasearlyaspossible;theearliertreatmentstarts,thebettertheoutlook.ConductDisorder:WhattoLookForOneofthehallmarksofconductdisorderisaseeminglycallousdisregardforsocietalnormsandtherights,feelings,andpersonalspaceofotherpeople.ChildrenandadolescentswithCDseemto“getarise”outofcausingharm.Forthem,aggression,deceit,coercion—behaviorsthatresultinapowerdifferential—aregratifying.Pickingfights,trespassing,lying,cheating,stealing,vandalism,andemotionallyorphysicallyabusivebehavior,includingwieldingadeadlyweaponorforcingsex,areallsignsthatanolderchildmayhaveconductdisorder.Signsofthedisorderinyoungerchildrenmaybehardertodiscernfrommorenormalactingout,butaresimilarlycoercive:relentlessbullying,lyingforthesakeoflying,stealingitemsofnoapparentworth.Sinceallkidsandadolescentsactoutfromtimetotime,expertscautionthatapersistentpatternofthissortofbehaviormustbeinevidencebeforeCDisconsidered.Professionalsalsoattempttodetermineifthebehaviorisanegativeadaptationtoatroubledenvironment,a“learned”behavior,orifthegratificationthatcomesfrom