Disruptive, impulse-control and conduct disorders refer to a group of disorders that include oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, intermittent explosive ...AsdescribedinthePrivacyPolicyoftheAmericanPsychiatricAssociation(APA),thiswebsite&applicationutilizecookies.Byclosingthismessage,continuingthenavigationorotherwisecontinuingtoviewtheAPA'swebsites&applications,youconfirmthatyouunderstandandacceptthetermsoftheAPA'sPrivacyPolicy,includingtheuseofcookies.ReadOurPrivacyPolicyIagreePatients&FamiliesDisruptive,Impulse-ControlandConductDisordersPatients&FamiliesWhatIsPsychiatry?FindaPsychiatristAddictionandSubstanceUseDisordersAnxietyDisordersDepressionDissociativeDisordersEatingDisordersGenderDysphoriaObsessive-CompulsiveDisorder(OCD)PersonalityDisordersPosttraumaticStressDisorder(PTSD)SchizophreniaViewMoreTopics»BacktoDisruptive,Impulse-ControlandConductDisordersDisruptive,Impulse-ControlandConductDisordersWhatAreDisruptive,Impulse-ControlandConductDisorders?Mostkidswillactuporbecomedisruptiveordefiantsometimes.Disruptiveandconductdisorders,however,involvemuchmoresevereandlonger-lastingbehaviorsthantypical,short-livedepisodes.Disruptive,impulse-controlandconductdisordersrefertoagroupofdisordersthatincludeoppositionaldefiantdisorder,conductdisorder,intermittentexplosivedisorder,kleptomaniaandpyromania.Thesedisorderscancausepeopletobehaveangrilyoraggressivelytowardpeopleorproperty.Theymayhavedifficultycontrollingtheiremotionsandbehaviorandmaybreakrulesorlaws.Anestimated6percentofchildrenareaffectedbyoppositionaldefiantdisorderorconductdisorder1.Eachyear,anestimated2.7percentofchildrenandadultsintheU.S.areaffectedbyintermittentexplosivedisorder.Kleptomaniaandpyromaniaarerare,affecting1percentorfewerofpeopleintheU.S.2,3Theangry,aggressiveordisruptivebehaviorsofpeoplewithconductanddisruptivedisordersaremoreextremethantypicalbehaviors.Thebehaviors:arefrequentarelonglastingoccuracrossdifferentsituationscausesignificantproblemsOnedifferencebetweenconductdisordersan