children s health issues
Conduct Disorder
Treatment of Conduct Disorder
Often, moving children from an at-risk environment to a strictly structured setting Psychotherapy Treatment of conduct disorder is very difficult because children and adolescents with conduct disorder rarely perceive anything wrong with their behavior. Thus, scolding them and urging them to behave better do not help and should be avoided. Often, the most successful treatment for seriously disturbed children or adolescents is to separate them from the at-risk environment and to provide a strictly structured setting, such as a mental health or a juvenile justice facility. Psychotherapy may improve the child's self-esteem and self-control, thus enabling them to control their behavior better. Other disorders, if present, are treated. Certain medications may be somewhat effective, especially if children also have certain other disorders, such as Treatment or 