What Is Conduct Disorder?
5. What Are the Common Causes of Conduct Disorder?
Like other mental and behavioral disorders, conduct disorder is believed to be caused by a number of factors. Understanding the causes can assist professionals in creating a treatment plan. Causes can be divided into biological and environmental causes. It’s generally difficult to determine the exact source of this disorder, and many cases appear to have both biological and environmental causes.
Biological causes include genes and brain damage. Physical damage to the brain, particularly the frontal lobe, has been linked with this disorder. Diagnosis among biological parents and siblings is a major predictor, so genes appear to play a part. Potentials environmental factors include family life, child abuse, trauma and failure at school or in social situations.
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