Think sociopath and you’ll probably conjure up a mental image of Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, or serial killer Ted ...

A PROFESSOR has revealed the three signs that your toddler could be on the road to becoming a psychopath. New research shows that this personality disorder can in fact be detected in children, and ...

Conduct disorder may be diagnosed in adulthood, but symptoms most commonly appear around ages 8 to 16. Some children who have conduct disorder go on to develop a similar condition known as ...

“Conduct disorder (CD) is a form of behavioural disorder. It’s characterised by antisocial behaviour from the child in almost all of their settings, including school, home and around friends ...

Children and teens with conduct disorder persistently engage in violent, deceitful, destructive, or illegal behavior; some, though not all, go on to develop antisocial personality disorder as ...

Central precocious puberty was associated with elevated risk for psychiatric disorders including depression, ADHD, and anxiety.

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 ...

Causes There is no one cause of conduct disorder, but the following can increase the risk of a child developing it. • Genes liked with antisocial behaviour, which are more common in boys than girls.