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Everyday Health featured Dyson Professor James B. McCarthy in "Conduct Disorder in Children"
That said, conduct disorder (CD) is hard to quantify, with difficult-to-identify causes. (1) “The disorder arises from the poorly understood interaction of neurobiological, genetic, environmental, and social-developmental factors, as well as adverse childhood experiences, which may negatively influence a growing child’s capacity for empathy and moral development,” says James B. McCarthy, PhD, a psychology professor at Pace University in New York City.