What are some of the symptoms of conduct disorders?
There is a plethora of symptoms for conduct disorders. This includes everything from defiance, to self-mutilation, to mistreatment of animals and vulgarity. It varies and varies from student to student, varies from person to person. There’s far from an exhaustive list as to what qualifies as a conduct disorder. Any time a student, basically, is openly defiant in some way, shape, or form, you can call that a conduct disorder. The difference between a conduct disorder and just “bad behavior” is that when a student chooses to exhibit inappropriate or maladaptive behavior on a regular or consistent basis, to the point where it interferes with school, interferes with family life, gets them in trouble with the law, this you can call a conduct disorder.
