Disruptive & Impulse-Control
Disruptive & Impulse-Control
≥4 symptoms from: angry/irritable mood (loses temper; touchy/easily annoyed; angry/resentful); argumentative/defiant behaviour (argues with authority; defies rules; deliberately annoys; blames others); or vindictiveness — for ≥6 months, exhibited during interaction with ≥1 non-sibling individual
Repetitive/persistent pattern of behaviour violating rights of others or major societal norms; ≥3 of 15 criteria in past 12 months (≥1 in past 6): aggression to people/animals; destruction of property; deceitfulness/theft; serious rule violations
B. Causes distress in individual or others in their immediate social context, or negatively impacts functioning C. Not better explained by another mental disorder (psychotic, mood, SUD, DMDD, or conduct disorder)
B. Behaviour disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social, academic, or occupational functioning C. If individual is age ≥18, criteria not met for antisocial personality disorder
A. ≥4 symptoms from: angry/irritable mood (loses temper; touchy/easily annoyed; angry/resentful); argumentative/defiant behaviour (argues with authority; defies rules; deliberately annoys; blames others); or vindictiveness — for ≥6 months, exhibited during interaction with ≥1 non-sibling individual B. Causes distress in individual or others in their immediate social context, or negatively impacts functioning C. Not better explained by another mental disorder (psychotic, mood, SUD, DMDD, or conduct disorder)
A. Repetitive/persistent pattern of behaviour violating rights of others or major societal norms; ≥3 of 15 criteria in past 12 months (≥1 in past 6): aggression to people/animals; destruction of property; deceitfulness/theft; serious rule violations B. Behaviour disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social, academic, or occupational functioning C. If individual is age ≥18, criteria not met for antisocial personality disorder
Mild; Moderate; Severe
Childhood-onset type; Adolescent-onset type; Unspecified onset; With limited prosocial emotions
Conduct disorder (more severe; involves aggression, property destruction, rule violations); ADHD (impulsivity without deliberate defiance; highly comorbid - code both when criteria independently met); DMDD (severe temper outbursts + persistent irritable mood; may coexist)
ODD (less severe; no aggression, property destruction, or serious rule violations); ADHD (comorbid in ~25%; impulsivity without deliberate harm; code both when criteria independently met); Intermittent explosive disorder (impulsive reactive aggression without sustained conduct pattern)