A Child Is Extremely Aggressive

question 169

Multiple Choice

A child is extremely aggressive. She is always fighting with her peers and is frequently very cruel to them. She never tells the truth. Her MOST likely diagnosis is:

• A) conduct disorder.
• B) juvenile delinquency.
• C) passive-aggressive disorder.
• D) oppositional defiant disorder.

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