What do you know about oppositional defiency disorder?
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ODD is quite a bit more than a "naughty" child.
The following information I got from www.mental-health-matters.com
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is a disorder in which children ignore or defy adults' requests and rules.
They may be passive, finding ways to annoy others, or active, verbally saying "No".
They tend to blame others for their mistakes and difficulties. When asked why they are so defiant, they may say that they are only acting against unreasonable rules.
They are different from children with conduct disorders in that they do not violate others rights.
These behaviors are present at home, but not necessarily in other situations, such as school, or with other adults, although they may be.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder usually begins by age 8, and not later than adolescence generally.
Often times, it is the child with the difficult-child temperament who goes on to become oppositionally defiant.
Boys manifest the disorder more often before puberty, but after puberty the ratio evens out.
The children display a low self-esteem, mood changes, low frustration tolerance, and temper outbursts. ADHD may also be present. Children with oppositional defiant disorder may continue on to manifest conduct disorder.
Treatment of oppositional defiant disorder has poor outcomes. When the parents are overly restrictive, the child fights back more, resulting in a power struggle.
Some individual therapies and family therapies have been successful, but not to a great extent.
Well according to the DSM IV, ODD is a psychiatric disorder that is characterized by two different sets of problems. These are aggressiveness and a tendency to purposefully bother and irritate others. It is often the reason that people seek treatment.
The criteria for ODD are:
A pattern of negativistic, hostile, and defiant behavior lasting at least six months during which four or more of the following are present:
1. Often loses temper
2. often argues with adults
3. often actively defies or refuses to comply with adults' requests or rules
4. often deliberately annoys people
5. often blames others for his or her mistakes or misbehavior
6. is often touchy or easily annoyed by others
7. is often angry and resentful
8. is often spiteful and vindictive
The disturbance in behavior causes clinically significant impairment in social, academic, or occupational functioning
This is a psychiatric behavior disorder that is characterised by aggressiveness and a tendency to purposefully bother and irritate others. These behaviors cause significant difficulties with family and friends and at school or work.
The diagnosis of ODD is not always straight forward and needs to be made by a psychiatrist or some other qualified mental health professional after a comprehensive evaluation. The child must be evaluated for other disorders as well since ODD usually does not come alone. If the child has ADHD, mood disorders, or anxiety disorders,
http://www.mental-health-matters.com/articles/article.php?artID=603
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Diagnostic Guidelines
The essential feature of this disorder is a pattern of persistently negativistic, hostile, defiant, provocative, and disruptive behaviour, which is clearly outside the normal range of behaviour for a child of the same age in the same sociocultural context, and which does not include the more serious violations of the rights of others as reflected in the aggressive and dissocial behaviour specified for categories F91.0 and F91.2. Children with this disorder tend frequently and actively to defy adult requests or rules and deliberately to annoy other people. Usually they tend to be angry, resentful, and easily annoyed by other people whom they blame for their own mistakes or difficulties. They generally have a low frustration tolerance and readily lose their temper. Typically, their defiance has a provocative quality, so that they initiate confrontations and generally exhibit excessive levels of rudeness, uncooperativeness, and resistance to authority.
Frequently, this behaviour is most evident in interactions with adults or peers whom the child knows well, and signs of the disorder may not be evident during a clinical interview.
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