Defiance, tantrums, aggression: All signs of a condition called conduct disorder, which Mental Health America says affects up to 16% of boys and 9% of girls. Now, research is revealing real ...

Source: The cerebral cortex is shown in dark purple. Credit: Wikimedia Individual brains differ in morphological characteristics such as the thickness, volume and surface area of different sections of ...

The largest neuroimaging study of conduct disorder to date has revealed extensive changes in brain structure among young people with the disorder. The largest difference was a smaller area of the ...

Green lines show white matter pathways. Red/yellow zones show where differences appear between the non-maltreated CD group and healthy controls. These differences are found in the main pathway ...

Kids often squirm, fidget, talk too much, or don’t want to take turns. It’s not unusual for any kid to have trouble paying attention sometimes. But for almost 10% of kids with ADHD (attention deficit ...

A new study reviewed evidence from research conducted around the world and estimated the prevalence of conduct disorder to be around 3 percent in school-aged children and a leading cause of referral ...