Living With Conduct Disorder

Diagnosed in adolescence or childhood, the mental disorder known as conduct disorder presents itself in a pattern of persistent and repetitive behavior and in which major age-appropriative norms or others' fundamental rights are violated. Often, these behaviors are known as antisocial behaviors. Antisocial personality disorder, which cannot be diagnosed until an individual is eighteen years old, is often seen as the next step after a childhood or adolescence with conduct disorder. It was thought to affect an estimated 51.1 million individuals worldwide as recently as 2013.