# Adolescent Behaviour Symptom or Complaint

- Category: chronic
- Review status: reviewed (every claim checked against a document named on this page)
- Sources: Conduct Disorder - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470238/ · ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - no medicine is given for this in primary care
- Verified date: 2026-08

## Verified against

- No dose - no medicine is given for this in primary care

## Treatment metadata

- No drug therapy in primary care (Assessment & Advice)

## Complete treatment card

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ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOUR SYMPTOM OR COMPLAINT
Sources: Conduct Disorder - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf -
         https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470238/ · ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification
         of Primary Care, 3rd edition) - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - no medicine is
         given for this in primary care
Review status: REVIEWED against the source listed above  (2026-08)

1. NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (ASSESSMENT & ADVICE)  [1st line]
   Adult    Covers behavioural concerns in teenagers such as delinquency or conduct problems; the GP
            explores underlying stressors, family context, and mental health, referring to
            psychiatry or social services if there is a conduct disorder, substance use, or
            safeguarding concern. - Assessment and advice
   Peds     Children follow the same pathway: assessment, explanation and follow-up. No primary-care
            medicine is implied.
   Source   No dose - no medicine is given for this in primary care
   Why      Covers behavioural concerns in teenagers such as delinquency or conduct problems; the GP
            explores underlying stressors, family context, and mental health, referring to
            psychiatry or social services if there is a conduct disorder, substance use, or
            safeguarding concern.
   Caution  RED FLAG - Immediate risk of violence or harm to others: assess urgently and refer.
            No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care. The value of the consultation is
            recognition, explanation and follow-up, and referral if the red flags above appear.
            RED FLAG - Self-harm or suicidal ideation, substance use, or signs of abuse, neglect or
            exploitation: assess urgently and refer.

Prices are indicative (dataset snapshot 2026-06); verify with the pharmacy.
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