A 15-Year-Old Who Is Angry About Not Being Chosen as the Basketball

Multiple Choice

A 15-year-old who is angry about not being chosen as the basketball team's captain, spray paints obscene words on the newly chosen captain's car. What information would cause a school nurse to consider a diagnosis of intermittent explosive disorder?

A) The destruction of property is grossly out of proportion to the precipitating factor.
B) The destruction of property is not a pattern of failure to resist aggressive impulses.
C) The teenager has a diagnosis of conduct disorder.
D) The teenager has previously been diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome.