What does it mean? A conduct disorder is a disruptive type of behavioural disorder in which a child routinely violates the personal rights of others and shows no care for others' property.
Characteristics of a conduct disorder include fighting and physical cruelty, destructiveness, lying and stealing, and truancy.
A child must have shown at least one of the characteristics in the past six months to be diagnosed as having the disorder.
There are two types of disorder. One is early onset, where the child shows at least one characteristic before the age of 10. The other, and most common type, is adolescent-onset where the child shows no characteristics until after the age of 10.
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