Male teens with conduct disorder may have a dampened physical response to stress , and that finding may eventually lead to new treatments. That's according to Graeme Fairchild, PhD, of the psychiatry ...

Recognition of signs suggesting adolescents are struggling with mental health issues can increase the chances kids get the help they need.

An international study—the largest of its kind—has uncovered similar structural changes in the brains of young people diagnosed with anxiety disorders, depression, ADHD and conduct disorder, offering ...

Defiance, tantrums, aggression: All signs of a condition called conduct disorder, which Mental Health America says affects up to 16% of boys and 9% of girls. Now, research is revealing real ...

The largest neuroimaging study of conduct disorder to date has revealed extensive changes in brain structure among young people with the disorder. The largest difference was a smaller area of the ...

October 11, 2010 — Conduct disorder (CD) in adolescence predicts substance use disorders (SUDs) in adulthood, according to the results of a prospective study reported in the October issue of the ...

Notorious criminals, such as serial killers Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer, would certainly have been diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. The disorder is marked by a profound lack of empathy ...

A new study reviewed evidence from research conducted around the world and estimated the prevalence of conduct disorder to be around 3 percent in school-aged children and a leading cause of referral ...

Teenagers and young adults with conduct and substance use disorders and their siblings were at almost five times higher risk for premature death than community controls, according to study findings ...

The prevalence rate of some behavioral disorders in the United States is growing. Most concerning is that many of these conditions appear in early childhood and are linked with at-risk behaviors ...