This paper investigates the issues and the psychological development of conduct
disorder in both the childhood and the adolescent
years. The diagnosis of conduct
disorder is compared and contrasted against oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and the correlation that conduct disorder has with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Standard medical definitions for these
disorders, as well as the growing body of literature on this field, are included to better round out the discussion and to signify the impact of such disorders on children and adolescents.