Overview
Overview – Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders, Part 1
Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders are a group of psychiatric disorders that can cause individuals to behave violently or aggressively toward other people, creatures, or property. They are characterized by impulsivity, failure to resist a temptation, urge, or impulse; or an inability to control emotions and behaviors. This can result in a lack of compliance with rules and instructions, violence, and/or trouble with the law. These disorders are identified by the presence of difficult, disruptive, defensive, aggressive, or antisocial behaviors, and frequently are associated with physical or verbal injury to the self, others, or objects, or with a violation of the rights of others. Behaviors that harm or endanger others, such as other children or animals, require urgent, immediate care.
A precise cause is unknown although common risk factors include a combination of genetic, environmental, emotional, and familial factors. These disorders tend to be first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence and are more common in males than females.
A lifetime prevalence for any of these disorders is estimated at 24.8 percent. Disruptive Behavior Disorders are the most frequent referral problems for the child and adolescent psychiatrists. They account for one-third to one-half of all cases seen in mental health clinics. Adult sociopathy is almost always preceded by a Disruptive, Impulse-Control, or Conduct Disorder in childhood.
Approximately 40 percent of individuals diagnosed with a Conduct Disorder eventually meet the criteria for a diagnosis of Antisocial Disorder. An estimated 6.0 percent of children are affected by Oppositional Defiant Disorder or Conduct Disorder.
Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders, Part 1, presents information on four types of disorders, one type each day for four days. These are:
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Conduct Childhood Disorder
- Conduct Adolescent Disorder
- Conduct Unspecified Disorder
On the fifth day, the Team reviews each of the four types of disorders, helping to fix the information in your memory and to reaffirm the strategies for dealing with each type. Typically, the average person needs to review information three or four times to move it from short-term memory into long-term memory.
This concludes the Overview for Disruptive Impulse Conduct Disorder.
