A Simple Guide to Conduct Disorder, Diagnosis, Treatment and Related Conditions
By Kenneth Kee
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This book describes Conduct Disorder, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
Conduct disorder is a serious behavioral and emotional disorder that can happen in children and teens.
A child with this disorder may exhibit a pattern of disruptive and violent behavior and have difficulties following regulations.
It is not infrequent for children and teens to have behavior-related troubles at some time (at least 12 months) during their development of their lives.
The behavior is regarded as a conduct disorder when it is long-lasting (at least 12 months) and when it infringes the rights of others, goes against acknowledged norms of behavior and disrupts the child's or the family's everyday life.
The precise cause of conduct disorder is not clear, but it is thought that a combination of biological, genetic, environmental, psychological, and social factors have a part to play.
Biological:
Conduct disorder has been linked to certain brain areas involved in controlling behavior, impulse control, and emotion.
Genetics:
Many children and teens with conduct disorder have close family members with mental illnesses, such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders and personality disorders.
Environmental:
Factors such as a dysfunctional family life, childhood abuse, traumatic experiences, a family history of substance abuse, and contradictory discipline by parents may add to the development of conduct disorder.
Psychological:
Some doctors believe that conduct disorders can indicate problems with moral consciousness (notably, lack of guilt and remorse) and deficits in cognitive processing.
Social:
Low socioeconomic status and not being acknowledged by their peers seem to be risk factors for the formation of conduct disorder.
Generally, symptoms of conduct disorder are divided into 4 general categories
Aggressive behavior
Destructive behavior
Deceitful behavior
Violation of rules
Treatment normally comprises a combination of these therapies:
Psychotherapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses to reshape the child's thinking (cognition) to improve problem solving skills, anger management, moral reasoning skills, and impulse control.
Family therapy can help family members communicate more effectively and help parents learn methods for de-escalating conflict with their child
Group therapy with the child or teen’s peers is sometimes used to help them develop interpersonal skills and behaviors that foster empathy
School support is a very important component of treatment to help the child with conduct disorder
Parent management training (PMT) teaches parents ways to positively change their child's behavior at home
Medicine:
While there is no medicine formally approved to treat conduct disorder, various drugs may be used to treat:
1. Some of its distressing symptoms (impulsivity, aggression, deregulated mood), and
2. Any other mental illnesses that may be present, such as ADHD or major depression
Conduct disorder can occasionally cause depression, bipolar disorder or other mental health difficulties later in life, so early assessment and treatment is important for children.
Treatment may be difficult since children are often not cooperative and distrustful of adults.
Treatment for conduct disorder normally requires both personal and family therapy, and the primary goal of treatment is to help the person improve interactions with others.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Conduct Disorder
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
Chapter 7 Antisocial Personality Disorder
Chapter 8 Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Epilogue
Kenneth Kee
Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"
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A Simple Guide to Conduct Disorder, Diagnosis, Treatment and Related Conditions - Kenneth Kee
A
Simple
Guide
To
Conduct Disorder,
Diagnosis,
Treatment
And
Related Conditions
By
Dr Kenneth Kee
M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)
Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)
Copyright Kenneth Kee 2021 Smashwords Edition
Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com
Dedication
This book is dedicated
To my wife Dorothy
And my children
Carolyn, Grace
And Kelvin
This book describes Conduct Disorder, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.
(What You Need to Treat Conduct Disorder)
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Introduction
I have been writing medical articles for my blog: http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Disorder) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.
My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.
Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).
I then wrote an autobiography account of my journey as a medical student to family doctor on my other blog: http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.
This autobiography account A Family Doctor’s Tale
was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders
into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale
on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.
From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 800 eBooks.
Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.
For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.
The later books go into more details of medical disorders.
The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.
Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.
As I tried to bring the patient the latest information about a disorder or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.
My diagnosis and treatment capability has improved tremendously from my continued education.
Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.
I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.
I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.
I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.
Chapter 1
Conduct disorder
Conduct disorder is a serious behavioral and emotional disorder that can happen in children and teens.
A child with this disorder may exhibit a pattern of disruptive and violent behavior and have difficulties following regulations.
It is not infrequent for children and teens to have behavior-related troubles at some time (at least 12 months) during their development of their lives.
The behavior is regarded as a conduct disorder when it is long-lasting (at least 12 months) and when it infringes the rights of others, goes against acknowledged norms of behavior and disrupts the child's or the family's everyday life.
What are the Causes of Conduct Disorder?
Causes
The precise cause of conduct disorder is not clear, but it is thought that a combination of biological, genetic, environmental, psychological, and social factors have a part to play.
Biological:
Some researches indicate that defects or injuries to certain areas of the brain can cause behavior disorders.
Conduct disorder has been linked to certain brain areas involved in controlling behavior, impulse control, and emotion.
Conduct disorder symptoms may happen if the nerve cell circuits along these brain areas do not work suitably.
Many children and teens with conduct disorder also have other mental illnesses, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disorders, depression, substance abuse, or an anxiety disorder, which may add to the symptoms of conduct disorder.
Genetics:
Doctors also believe that genetics may play a part in the development of conduct disorder.
Many children and teens with conduct disorder have close family members with mental illnesses, such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders and personality disorders.
This indicates that a vulnerability to conduct disorder may be at least partially inherited.
Environmental:
Factors such as a dysfunctional family life, childhood abuse, traumatic experiences, a family history of substance abuse, and contradictory discipline by parents may add to the development of conduct disorder.
Psychological:
Some doctors believe that conduct disorders can indicate problems with moral consciousness (notably, lack of guilt and remorse) and deficits in cognitive processing.
Social:
Low socioeconomic status and not being acknowledged by their peers seem to be risk factors for the formation of conduct disorder.
Conduct disorder is a behavioral disorder that happens when children engage in antisocial behaviors, have problems following rules, and resist showing empathy to others.
They may also terrorize the safety of others or themselves.
Conduct disorder normally happens in children under the age of 16, but can be diagnosed in adults as well.
Not all children with considerable antisocial behavioral issues will be appraised by a mental health professional.
It is difficult to estimate how frequent the disorder is among children and teens.
Boys are more prone to receive a diagnosis than girls.
Neuropsychologists and other mental doctors believe that the formation of conduct disorder is somehow linked to the harm in the frontal lobe of the brain, which can stop children and teens from learning from negative experiences and modifying their behaviors.
Children diagnosed with conduct disorder may have a history of these:
1. Abuse
2. Poverty
3. Parental substance abuse
4. Other mental health problems
5. Family conflict or violence
6. Brain damage
7. Other trauma
Incidence
It is evaluated that 2%-16% of children in the U.S. have conduct disorder.
It is more frequent in boys than in girls and most often happens in late childhood or the early teen years.
What Are the Symptoms of Conduct