The Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in the Conduct Disorder Literature: A Time-Sensitive Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Among presenting conditions in pediatric acute care settings, conduct disorder (CD) is a potentially stigmatizing yet common diagnosis in the setting of behavioral dysregulation requiring psychiatric admission. Concerns exist about over-diagnosis of CD in non-Hispanic Black children relative to White peers and the potential for the CD diagnosis to obfuscate manifestations of co-occurring psychiatric conditions.

Methods

We evaluated the number of manuscripts on CD diagnoses that report race and ethnicity and co-occurring mental health characteristics (i.e., history of trauma, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD], or substance use disorders [SUDs]) that are often undertreated in racially minoritized children. Using the keywords "conduct disorder" or "exte

SUBMITTER: Brown TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11633539 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature