Reading the case example, Derek is still considered as a teenage boy. He had made many illegal violations of rules like arrested for shoplifting, vandalism, joyriding and drug use. Based on the given information, I predict that Derek is displaying conduct disorder. From the DSM 5, the symptoms for conduct disorder aggression to people and animal, destruction of property, deceitfulness or theft, and serious violation of rules. In the symptoms of conduct disorder, Derek has at least three out of the four symptoms. I think some of his core symptoms are destruction of property, theft, and violation of rules. His symptoms has affected his life in that he is not doing well in his school academic, he doesn’t have a stable close relationship between
