HOMEOPATHY FOR CONDUCT DISORDER
Conduct disorder refers to a group of repetitive and
persistent behavioral and emotional problems in youngsters. Children and
adolescents with this disorder have great difficulty following rules,
respecting the rights of others, showing empathy, and behaving in a socially
acceptable way. They are often viewed by other children, adults and social
agencies as ‘bad’ or delinquent, rather than mentally ill. Many factors may
lead to a child developing conduct disorder, including brain damage, child
abuse or neglect, genetic vulnerability, school failure, and traumatic life
experiences.
Conduct disorder is characterized by a persistent and
significant pattern of conduct, in which the basic rights of others are
violated or rules of society are not followed. The diagnosis is only made when
the conduct is far in excess of the routine mischief of children and
adolescents. The onset occurs much before 18 years of age, usually even before
puberty.
The disorder is much more (about 5-10 times) common in
males. In United States of America, about 10% of all male children under the
age of 18 have conduct disorder.
According to ICD-10, there are four types of conduct
disorder.
·
Conduct
disorder confined to the family context.
·
Unsocialized
conduct disorder.
·
Socialized
conduct disorder.
·
Oppositional
defiant disorder.
Causes
The exact cause of conduct disorder is not known, but
it is believed that a combination of biological, genetic, environmental,
psychological, and social factors plays a role.
·
Biological: Some studies suggests that defects or injuries to
certain areas of the brain can lead to behavior disorders. Conduct disorder has
been linked to particular brain regions involved in regulating behavior,
impulse control, and emotion. Conduct disorder symptoms may occur if nerve cell
circuits along these brain regions do not work properly. Further, many children
and teens with conduct disorder also have other mental illness, such as
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disorders,
depression, substance abuse, or an anxiety disorder, which may contribute to
the symptoms of conduct disorder
·
Genetics: Many children and teens with conduct disorder have
close family members with mental illness, including mood disorders, anxiety
disorders, substance use disorders and personality disorders. This suggests
that a vulnerability to conduct disorder may be at least partially inherited.
·
Environmental: Factors such as dysfunctional family life, childhood
abuse, traumatic experiences, a family history of substance abuse, and
inconsistent discipline by parents may contribute to the development of conduct
disorder.
·
Psychological: Some experts believe that conduct disorders can
reflect problems with moral awareness (notably, lack of guilt and remorse) and
deficits in cognitive processing.
·
Social: Low socioeconomic status and not being accepted by
their peers appear to be risk factors for the development of conduct disorder.
Some of the factors that increase a child’s risk of
developing conduct disorder include:
·
Parents
who do not set limits on a child’s behavior
·
Parents
who do not follow through with consequences for unacceptable behavior (for
example, a parent may threaten to withdraw television for a night but then not
follow through when the child’s behavior doesn’t change)
·
Lack
of parental monitoring of a child’s or adolescent’s whereabouts
·
Unhappy
family life with many arguments
·
Poverty
·
Large
family
·
Aggressive
parenting, particularly from the father
·
Marital
conflict
·
Domestic
violence
·
Parents
with a mental health problem
·
Parents
who are involved in law-breaking behavior
·
Child
abuse
·
Living
in an institutional care
Symptoms
·
Frequent
lying
·
Stealing
or robbery
·
Running
away from home and school
·
Physical
violence such as rape, fire-setting, assault or breaking-in, use of weapons.
·
Cruelty
towards other people and animals
·
Refusal
to obey parents and other authority figures
·
Tendency
to use drugs, including tobacco and alcohol, at a very early age
·
Lack
of empathy for others
·
Tendency
to hang out in gangs
·
Learning
difficulties
·
Low
self-esteem
·
Suicidal
tendencies
In the more common socialized type of conduct
disorder, the person claims loyalty to his or her group. The unsocialized type
is more serious disorder with usually a severe underlying psychopathology.
Earlier, the patients with conduct disorder were called as juvenile
delinquents.
Many patients of conduct disorder, especially
socialized type, go on to improve markedly and may lead well adjusted lives.
Some others, especially those with severe symptomatology, have a more chronic
course and may be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder after
18 years of age.
In addition to the typical symptoms of conduct
disorder, secondary complications often develop such as substance misuse or
dependence, unwanted pregnancies, criminal record, suicidal or homicidal
behavior.
Management
The treatment of conduct disorder is usually
difficult. The most frequent mode of management is placement in a corrective
institution, often after the child has had legal difficulties. Behavioral, educational,
and psychotherapeutic measures are usually employed for the behavior
modification.
Drug treatment may be needed in presence of epilepsy, hyperactivity,
impulse control disorder and episodic aggressive behavior, and psychotic
symptoms.
HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES
ABROTANUM
Ill-natured, irritable and violent. Cross anxious and
depressed. Exceedingly peevish, feels as if she would like to do something cruel,
no humanity.
BELLADONNA
Impulsive. Furious. Rages, bites and strikes. Spits on
faces of other persons. Acuteness of all senses. Changeable moods. Hallucinations,
sees monsters and hideous faces. Fear of imaginary things, wants to run away
from them.
CHAMOMILLA
Bad temper. Anger and quarrelsome. Sudden outbursts of
anger because of contradiction or when the feelings are hurt. Peevishness, ill-humor, anger with rage,
violence and heat. Cannot bear to be looked at. Child wants many things which
he refuses again. Complaints from anger, especially fever, convulsions,
diarrhea and cough.
HYOSCYAMUS NIGER
Maniac, erotic, exposes genitals, sings amorous songs.
Laughs, sings, talks, babbles, quarrels. Talkative, obscene, lascivious mania,
uncovers body, jealous. Inclined to laugh at everything. Very suspicious.
Restless, jumps out of bed, wants to escape. Rage with desire to strike, bite,
fight insult, scold and to kill.
STRAMONIUM
Impulsive behavior. Tears clothes, curses and indulges
in excessive screaming till the voice is lost. Desire light and company. Cannot
bear to be alone. Worse in the dark and solitude. Cannot walk in a dark room.
SULPHUR
Very selfish, no regard for others. Religious
melancholy. Imagining giving wrong things to people, causing their death. Irritable
and depressed.
TARENTULA HISPANICA
Destructive impulses. Destructive, destroys whatever
she can lay on hands on, tears her clothes etc. Throws things away. Angry with
despair. Kleptomania. Sensitive to music.
TUBERCULINUM
Fits of violent temper, wants to fight, throws anything
at anyone even without a cause. Desire to use foul language, curse and swear.
Irritable. Every trifle irritates, worse awakening. Dissatisfied and restless,
always want to change. Desire to travel, does not want to remain in one place
long. Depressed. Contradictory behavior, changing moods. Fear of animals,
especially dogs.
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