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Conduct Disorder

Conduct Disorder, a pattern of socially disruptive behavior, can develop along with ADHD.  Conduct Disorder also occurs without ADHD.  Children with Conduct Disorder exhibit a long-term pattern of disobeying accepted social rules and violating others’ rights.  Younger children with Conduct Disorder are sometimes cruel to animals, deliberately set fires, or intentionally destroy property.  Whereas many young children are aggressive and disobedient at times, the child with Conduct Disorder does not seem to learn from the consequences of punishment, and the behavior becomes more severe.

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