Question

When people first meet 14-year-old Micah, they find him to be an attractive, charming young man. But Micah's adoptive parents, his teachers, and his schoolmates know otherwise. Micah is a chronic liar, manipulator, and bully. In the past four years, he has been caught several times vandalizing other people's property in his neighborhood and at his school. He has been arrested twice for shoplifting and was also caught trying to cash a forged check. Based on this information, it is probably safe to say that Micah would be diagnosed as having:

a. conduct disorder.
b. borderline personality disorder.
c. Tourette's disorder.
d. paranoid schizophrenia.

Answer 1

Conduct disorder

Step-by-step explanation:

In psychopathology, a conduct disorder is a type of mental disorder that is diagnosed in childhood or adolescence and that consists in a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others are violated, the person diagnosed with this disorder also violates social norms.

In adolescence, it usually presents as rebellion against authority figures and rejection of conventional values, there can also be present antisocial behaviors like thefts and vandalizing.

In this example, Micah is an adolescence who is a chronic liar, manipulator and bully. He has vandalized property, arrested twice for shoplifting and also caught trying to cash a forged check. We can see that Micah is presenting antisocial behaviors such as vandalizing and shoplifting and is rejecting conventional values, therefore, it is safe to say that Micah would be diagnosed as having conduct disorder.