Conduct disorders are a complicated set of behavioral and emotional problems characterized by persistent aggression, theft, lying, destruction, vandalism, and violation of societal norms and the basic rights of others. Persistent and extreme patterns of these behaviours among children and adolescents reflect a serious clinical problem with broad personal and social impact and these more extreme patterns comprise conduct disorder.

Symptoms:
– An absence sense of responsibilities
– Refusal to accept blame for wrongdoing
– An absent sense of shame, humiliation, regret
– Lying and cheating
– Failure to learn from experience
– A marked self-centeredness that interferes with the capacity to love
– Poverty of affect
– A lack of insight
– Alcoholic indulgiveness
– Sexual peculiarities
– Lack of goal directedness resulting in a chaotic lifestyle.

Treatment:
Psychotherapy: Treatment is centred on helping the child control their anger, parent interaction training, cognitive problem solving skills and must be multimodal approach and continuing over extensive periods of time. Early treatment and prevention seem to be more effective.