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The Psychobiology of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder

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Handbook of Disruptive Behavior Disorders

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As discussed in Chapter 1 (this volume), DSMIV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) subtypes Conduct Disorder (CD) by age of onset, but biological research has most often relied on the undersocialized aggressive subtype as described in earlier DSMs. It has been assumed that this subtype is most likely to be related to psychobiological factors, especially those that might provide a basis for both disinhibition and reward seeking (Quay, 1993). In current thinking, biological factors are more likely to be linked to a pattern of antisocial behavior that involves (1) early onset, (2) pervasive antisocial behavior over time and different settings, (3) impulsive aggression toward people and property, (4) severe and early onset of alcohol and substance abuse, and (5) a positive family history of antisocial behavior and alcohol or substance abuse (DiLalla & Gottesman, 1989; Dolan, 1994; Linnoila & Virkkunen, 1992; Virkkunen & Linnoila, 1993). It is highly likely that this constellation of behav-iors comprises what most investigators classified as “undersocialized-aggressive” (with or without benefit of formal DSM diagnoses) in earlier studies.

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