title: Diagnostic criteria for aggressive conduct disorder.
abstract: The purpose was to develop operational criteria for the diagnosis of aggressive conduct disorder. The necessary symptoms were found in discriminant analyses of data from a series of boy patients. A formula based on 8 key symptoms succeeded in accurately diagnosing a series of girl patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male