Should we aspire to screen preschool children for conduct disorder?
Life-course persistent conduct disorder is a major public health problem with implications for individual health and for society at large. Recent evidence has shown that treatment can be cost-effective, and early symptom detection is improving. We weigh the evidence for and against the introduction of population screening for conduct disorder in early childhood using Wilson and Jungner's criteria.
Wilson
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P
General Practice and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. p.wilson@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
Minnis
H
H
Puckering
C
C
Gillberg
C
C
D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*