Facts about Conduct Disorder

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   Multisystemic therapy, developed by Scott Henggeler in the 1970s, is among the most evidence-based treatments for conduct disorder in adolescents.

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   Neuroimaging studies reveal that adolescents with conduct disorder show reduced gray matter volume in the prefrontal cortex compared to typically developing peers.

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   Childhood aggression and callous-unemotional traits predict worse outcomes in conduct disorder, with limited-prosocial emotion specifier cases showing 50 percent higher recidivism rates.

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   Conduct disorder costs the United States approximately 70 billion dollars annually in criminal justice, healthcare, and lost productivity expenses according to economic analyses.

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   The DSM-5 requires at least three conduct disorder criteria present for at least twelve months, with at least one criterion present in the past six months for diagnosis.

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   Boys are diagnosed with conduct disorder three to four times more frequently than girls, though girls may display more covert rule-breaking behaviors.

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   Around 40 percent of adolescents with conduct disorder develop antisocial personality disorder in adulthood according to longitudinal studies.

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