PS276 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Conduct Disorder
Document Summary
Clinical diagnosis; repetitive pattern of antisocial behaviour in which rights of others or norms are violated and individual as problems in relationships, school, or workplace. Oppositional defiant disorder is related but less serious; spiteful behaviour but not necessarily aggressive. 6-16% of adolescent males and 2-9% of females have conduct disorder (increasing in recent years) Persistence after age 18 may result in antisocial personality disorder diagnosis characterized by lack of regard for moral or legal standards and inability to get along. Some people with antisocial personality disorder are psychopaths (antisocial but also manipulative, charming, impulsive, unempathetic etc called callous unemotional traits) Most people who engage in antisocial behaviour as teens do not continue after mid 20s. Most aggressive period of development is preschool years. Stable over time, much more so in boys than girls. Delinquency, criminal behaviour, and status offences (ex running away from home) Conduct disorder and aggression defined in terms of behaviour but juvenile offending is defined legally.
