Antisocial Behaviour and Conduct Disorders in Children and Young People: The NICE Guideline on Recognition, Intervention and Management

Conduct disorders are the most common mental health problem in children and young people and have a significant impact on functioning and quality of life. Rates of mental health problems (including antisocial personality disorder) are considerably increased for adults who had a conduct disorder during childhood. This guideline seeks to address these problems by offering advice on prevention strategies and providing the evidence for a range of psychosocial interventions.

These guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) set out clear recommendations, based on the best available evidence, for health care professionals on how to work with and implement physical, psychological and service-level interventions for people with various mental health conditions. The books contain the full guideline information that cannot be obtained in print anywhere else. They bring together all of the evidence that led to the various recommendations made, detailed explanations of the methodology behind each guideline's preparation, plus an overview of the relevant mental health condition covering detection, diagnosis and assessment, and the full range of treatment and care approaches. The guideline contains all the evidence on which the recommendations were based, including further data on a free CD-ROM.