Conduct Disorder of Children

Conduct Disorder of Children

Introduction

This study is conducted to examine the community mental health agency which provides their services to male adolescents aged 14-16 who have received a diagnosis of conduct disorder. According to health professionals, Conduct Disorders are those problems with our children when they have difficulties meeting standards that most children accept. Some examples of these problems are:

Failure to obey their parents or other adults, as teachers, mostly times disobedient children, but children with these problems disobey all the time and even in the situations where the punishment is serious (Moffitt, 2001). Similarly, having tantrums that are much more frequent and severe than the average children of their age. Conduct disorders lead the children mainly adolescents becoming aggressive and destructive behavior. This may involve damage to private property, but may also involve threats or dangerous behavior, like stealing.

Adolescents of 14-16 ages refuse to fulfill their daily obligations, such as homework and grooming. It is likely that most teens have their untidy rooms and find it hard to help make the chores. Without however, adolescents with behavioral problems refuse constantly do something to help and do not pay attention to cleanliness and basic hygiene. All children lie, especially if they fear getting into trouble or if you really want something badly enough. In the case of children with behavior problems, they lie constantly even when no need to (Hughes, et. al., 2008).

Purpose of Research

The purpose of this research is to figure out whether mental health agency that treating the male adolescents successful in its mission and what are the possible difficulties and treatments that are used by the department to help the male adolescents to live a better and dignified life.

Literature review

Etiology

Disorders of conduct, not a single entity, but the result of the interaction of different types of psychobiological vulnerability and many different types of stresses. From biochemistry noted the problem of self-regulation of the autonomic nervous system and metabolic disorders noradrenergic substances (Lahey, et. al., 2003), which are implicated in the manifestation of aggression. Not yet fully verified, some researchers point to the presence of a higher level of testosterone in subjects with conduct disorder that disruptive episodes predispose them more easily. Environmental factors are equally important. Abuse and mistreatment are targeted as high risk factors for conduct disorder genesis of severe emotional deficiencies in infancy point to the same direction. Finally note ...