In: Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry 1990; 1021-1026
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Reprinted from Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry, R. Bluglass and P. Bowden (eds.), "Non-Delinquent Conduct Disorders", I. Kolvin and S.R. Bhate, pp. 1021-1026, (©Churchill-Livingstone, 1990).
Abstract:
Many children at one stage of development or another are perceived as naughty or mischievous but only a small proportion of these display behaviours which impair their relationships with others, inside or outside the family, or which are perceived by society as contravening social norms. This minority group is said to display 'conduct disorders'. A number of questions arise over the homogeneity of this group and about how to classify and diagnose these types of behaviour.