Diagnostic Criteria for Conduct Disorder¹

• A repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated, as manifested by the presence of three (or more) of the following criteria in the past 12 months, with at least one criterion present in the past 6 months:
  
  Aggression to people and animals
  (1) often bullies, threatens, or intimidates others
  (2) often initiates physical fights
  (3) has used a weapon that can cause serious physical harm to others (eg, a bat, brick, broken bottle, knife, gun)
  (4) has been physically cruel to people
  (5) has been physically cruel to animals
  (6) has stolen while confronting a victim (eg, mugging, purse snatching, extortion, armed robbery
  (7) has forced someone into sexual activity
  
  Destruction of property
  (8) has deliberately engaged in fire setting with the intention of causing serious damage
  (9) has deliberately destroyed others' property (other than by fire setting)
  
  Deceitfulness or theft
  (10) has broken into someone else's house, building, or car
  (11) often lies to obtain goods or favors or to avoid obligations (ie, "cons" others)
  (12) has stolen items of nontrivial value without confronting a victim (eg, shoplifting, but without breaking and entering; forgery)
  
  Serious violations of rules
  (13) often stays out at night despite parental prohibitions, beginning before age 13 years
  (14) has run away from home overnight at least twice while living in parental or parental surrogate home (or once without returning for a lengthy period)
  (15) is often truant from school, beginning before age 13 years
  
• The disturbance in behavior causes clinically significant impairment in social, academic, or occupational functioning.

Criteria for the diagnosis of Conduct Disorder are provided to help healthcare professionals characterize conditions frequently comorbid with ADHD. CONCERTA^® is indicated only for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Reference: 1. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR®). 4^th ed, Text Revision. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2000;93-99.]