Milton gets into fights, steals, and has vandalized his school.Melissa has been apprehended for truancy many times, and she often runs away from home, uses drugs, and engages in prostitution.What can be said about these two teenagers?

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Both Milton and Melissa exhibit a pattern of behavior that is consistent with conduct disorder, which is characterized by a disregard for rules and the rights of others. Oppositional defiant disorder is a milder form of conduct disorder, and temper dysregulation disorder with dysphoria is a condition characterized by severe, recurrent temper outbursts. Neither of these diagnoses fits the behaviors exhibited by Milton and Melissa.

Milton Gets into Fights, Steals, and Has Vandalized His School