Diagnostic criteria for aggressive conduct disorder.
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.
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