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Child Behavior Disorders
Also called: Conduct disorders
All kids misbehave some times, but behavior disorders go beyond mischief and rebellion. With behavior disorders, your child or teen has a pattern of hostile, aggressive or disruptive behaviors for more than 6 months.
Warning signs can include
- Harming or threatening themselves, other people or pets
- Damaging or destroying property
- Lying or stealing
- Not doing well in school, skipping school
- Early smoking, drinking or drug use
- Early sexual activity
- Frequent tantrums and arguments
- Consistent hostility towards authority figures
If you see signs of a problem, ask for help. Poor choices can become habits. Kids who have behavior problems are at higher risk for school failure, mental health problems and even suicide. Classes or family therapy may help parents learn to set and enforce limits.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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- Children and Adolescents with Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders(Center for Mental Health Services)
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Overviews
- Behavioral and Developmental Problems in Young Children(Merck & Co., Inc.)
- How Do I Know If My Child's Behavior Is Normal?(American Academy of Pediatrics)
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Latest News
- Program Reduces Conduct Problems in Black Youth(12/23/2008, Reuters Health)
- Second-Hand Smoke Tied to Behavior Problems in Boys(12/22/2008, Reuters Health)
- Secondhand Smoke Boosts Asthmatic Boys' Behavior Woes(12/10/2008, HealthDay)
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Checklists for Preliminary Mental Health Screen(MADI Resource Center)
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Children's Threats: When Are They Serious?(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Also available in Spanish
- Screening Tools and Rating Scales(MADI Resource Center)
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When to Seek Help for Your Child(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Also available in Spanish
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Treatment
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Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Also available in Spanish
- Teaching Your Child Self-Control(Nemours Foundation)
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Treatment of Children with Mental Disorders
(National Institute of Mental Health)
- What Kind of Mental Health Professionals Are Trained to Help Children?(American Academy of Pediatrics)
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Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
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Specific Conditions
- Aggressive Behavior(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Behavioral / Mental Health(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Cheating(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Children and Adolescents with Conduct Disorder(Center for Mental Health Services)
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Children and Lying(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Also available in Spanish
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Children Who Won't Go to School (Separation Anxiety)(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Also available in Spanish
- Disobedience(American Academy of Pediatrics)
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Fighting and Biting(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Also available in Spanish
- My Child Is Stealing(Nemours Foundation)
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Self-Injury/Cutting(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Shyness(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Swearing(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Temper Tantrums(Nemours Foundation)
- Trichotillomania(Mental Health America)
- Understanding Violent Behavior in Children and Adolescents(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
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Related Issues
- How Can I Better Understand My Child's Temperament?(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Myth of the Bad Kid(Center for Mental Health Services)
- Myth of the Bad Parent(Center for Mental Health Services)
- Your Child's Habits(Nemours Foundation)
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Child Behavior Disorders(National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Conduct Disorder(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Child Behavior Disorders
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Research
- Preschoolers' Severe Tantrums May Signal a Problem(Nemours Foundation)
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Parent training. Helping parents help troubled children.
- Article: Effect of parents' wartime deployment on the behavior of young...
- Article: Video Interaction Guidance: a practitioner's perspective.
- Child Behavior Disorders -- see more articles
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Directories
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Finder(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
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Organizations
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Center for Mental Health Services
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National Institute of Mental Health
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Law and Policy
- Services in School for Children with Special Needs: What Parents Need to Know(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
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Children
- Cheating(Nemours Foundation)
- Going to a Psychologist, Psychiatrist, or Therapist(Nemours Foundation)
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Teenagers
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Cutting(Nemours Foundation)
Also available in Spanish
- Going to a Therapist(Nemours Foundation)
- Shoplifting(Nemours Foundation)
- Trichotillomania(Nemours Foundation)
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Cutting(Nemours Foundation)
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