Oppositional defiant disorder

I. Briefly describe the aim/goals of the project. What question(s) will this study help to answer? [One paragraph] Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a common childhood disorder. A common assumption is that ODD represents a dimension of behavior that is at least stable across time if not stable across settings (e.g., home, school, and community, American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Single source latent-state trait (LST) models allow one to determine the amount of stable trait…

McMahon, R.J. & Forehand, R.L. (2003). Helping the noncompliant child: family-based treatment for oppositional behavior. New York: The Guilford Press. Summary The purpose of this book is to provide a detailed description of the empirically validated Helping the Non-Compliant Child (HNC) program – a program created to help parents improve their children’s (ages 3-8) noncompliant and oppositional behavior. Chapter 1 provides background information on noncompliance by discussing…

Aaron is a 9 year-old boy in the 4th grade at Schultz Elementary School. He was referred to the child study team because of poor academic performance and impulsive, oppositional, and sometimes threatening behavior. Aaron has difficulties with decoding words and reading comprehension. Ms. Faber, Aaron’s teacher, believes Aaron’s poor reading skills are due to lack of practice at home and low motivation triggered by frustration. Aaron has difficulties with disruptive behaviors in the classroom; he…

Abstract There are many different disorders that one may encounter during growth and development. Elimination disorders is a common one often faced during childhood, when a child performs inappropriate elimination of urine or feces. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the diagnosis and treatment of elimination disorders. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, “This group of disorders includes enuresis, the repeated voiding of urine into…

significant attrition rate in participants. This prolonged level of follow-up allows for the study researchers to identify anomalies and confounding issues in the data. The study also utilized DSM criteria for diagnosis of ADHD, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder. This measure, again, limits the possibility of erroneous assumptions. Results of the study were also validated through the use of Cox’s Hazard regression, which enhances the reliability of the presenting data. A key…

Classified in the DSM-5 under “Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders” lie all abnormal possibilities for aggressive, antisocial, and oppositional behaviors. These behaviors can be displayed through irritable moods, defiant acts, destruction of property, violation of rules, lack of remorse, and aggression towards others or animals, along with several other possible symptoms (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In order to be recognized for treatment, a range of social, emotional…

In the article, Family Routine Moderates the Relation Between Child Impulsivity and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms, Lanza and Drabick did a study about the relation between a child with ODD and the family's involvement. The purpose of their study was to examine whether child-reported family routine moderated the relationship between child impulsivity and ODD symptoms among low-income, urban, ethnic-minority girls, and boys. In this study, it is expected that children with higher levels…

attended appropriately to the items and did not appear to randomly respond to the SASSI-3 protocol. Based upon her scores on this measure, overall SASSI-3 profile suggests a low probability of Christine meeting diagnostic criteria for a substance use disorder at this…

psychiatric disorders in childhood. ADHD possibly will cause mental problems, social, and substantial academic, and may continue into adulthood. ADHD is a significant public health problem for it damages the functionality of the individual and may affects both the family and social environment. ADHD is commonly associated with mental disorders. “It was reported that children and adolescents with ADHD have the comorbidity of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in 30%–60% cases, anxiety disorders…

Conduct Disorder (CD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) are two types of childhood disruptive behaviour disorders characterised by anti-social behaviour due to the impulsive and aggressive nature of their symptoms. There exists a sub population known as Callous Unemotional (CU) who display an increased severity of symptoms in particular a lack of guilt, empathy and emotion that have been found to lead to an increased severity and persistence of anti-social behaviour (Chabrol, Valls,…