Conduct-dissocial disorder

A disorder characterized by a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior that violates the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms, rules, or laws. It includes aggression toward people or animals, destruction of property, deceitfulness or theft, and serious violations of rules.

Symptoms

• Aggression toward people or animals (also: Aggression toward people or animals, bullying, physical fighting, cruelty to animals, threatening behavior)
• Property destruction (also: Property destruction, vandalism, deliberate damage to property, arson, destroying objects)
• Deceitfulness and theft (also: Deceitfulness and theft, lying, stealing, fraud, shoplifting)
• Serious rule violations (truancy, running away) (also: Serious rule violations, truancy, running away from home, staying out all night, curfew violations)
• Lack of remorse or guilt after harmful acts (also: Lack of remorse, absence of guilt, indifference to harm caused, callousness, no regret after wrongdoing)
• Duration >=12 months (persistence criterion) (also: at least 12 months duration, persistent conduct problems, chronic antisocial behavior, long-standing pattern, >=12 months)
• Cruelty toward others (also: Cruelty toward people, deliberate infliction of pain, sadistic behavior, enjoyment of others' suffering, callous-unemotional)
• Callous-unemotional traits (limited empathy, shallow affect) (also: Callous-unemotional traits, limited empathy, shallow emotions, lack of concern for others, emotional coldness)
• Impaired social and academic/occupational functioning (also: impaired social functioning, school failure, occupational difficulties, peer rejection, poor academic performance)

How to recognise

In the ICD-11 framework, the core symptoms taken into account when recognising Conduct-dissocial disorder are:

• agresja wobec ludzi lub zwierząt
• poważne naruszenia zasad

Differential diagnosis

When diagnosing Conduct-dissocial disorder, the following ICD-11 disorders should be considered in the differential diagnosis:

• Piromania (6C70)

Synonyms and related terms

bullying, physical fighting, cruelty to animals, threatening behavior, physical assault, vandalism, deliberate damage to property, arson, destroying objects, lying, stealing, fraud, shoplifting, breaking into homes, Serious rule violations, truancy, running away from home, staying out all night, curfew violations, Lack of remorse, absence of guilt, indifference to harm caused, callousness, no regret after wrongdoing, at least 12 months duration, persistent conduct problems, chronic antisocial behavior, long-standing pattern, >=12 months, Cruelty toward people

Frequently asked questions

What are the symptoms of Conduct-dissocial disorder?

Symptoms associated with Conduct-dissocial disorder (ICD-11 6C91) include: Aggression toward people or animals, Property destruction, Deceitfulness and theft, Serious rule violations (truancy, running away), Lack of remorse or guilt after harmful acts, Duration >=12 months (persistence criterion), Cruelty toward others, Callous-unemotional traits (limited empathy, shallow affect), Impaired social and academic/occupational functioning.

What disorders are in the differential diagnosis of Conduct-dissocial disorder?

The differential diagnosis of Conduct-dissocial disorder (6C91) includes: Piromania (6C70).

WHO ICD-11 source

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