Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders

Introduction

• Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders include conditions involving problems in the self-control of emotions and behaviors.

• While other disorders in DSM-5 may also involve problems in emotional and/or behavioral regulation, these disorders are unique in that these problems are manifested in behaviors that violate the rights of others (e.g., aggression, destruction of property) and/or that bring the individual into significant conflict with societal norms or authority figures.

• The underlying causes of the problems in the self-control of emotions and behaviors can vary greatly across these disorders and among individuals within a given diagnostic category.

• Although all the disorders in the chapter involve problems in both emotional and behavioral regulation, the source of variation among the disorders is the relative emphasis on problems in the two types of self-control.

Studies Related to Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders

• Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Ivanov, I., Jaffe, R.J. and Leikauf, J. (2016). Child and Adolescent Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders. In Mount Sinai Expert Guides (eds A.B. Simon, A.S. New and W.K. Goodman). doi:10.1002/9781118654231.ch29