Children who are angry and argumentative can be diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder. Psychologists think it may oversimplify deeper causes, like ADHD, autism, and trauma. It might also lead ...

It had been a hard year. I held my 13-year-old body in a chair across from my then-therapist. We were talking about what was wrong with me; at least, that's how I thought of it. In the year that had ...

‘Bad kid’ diagnosis ‘greases the school-to-prison pipeline,’ doctor says Black children are disproportionately diagnosed with a mental health condition known as oppositional defiant disorder, which ...

My child is holding us hostage! “Everything is a fight. Nothing is easy”! I can’t begin to count the number of patient evaluations or school consultations I have done over thirty years that begin with ...

Young adolescents, especially boys, who participated in organized sports between ages 6 and 10 are less likely to defy their parents, teachers and other authority figures, a new study by researchers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Psychotic and childhood disorder diagnoses were more likely assigned to Black patients vs. white patients. White ...

Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a behavior disorder where children are frequently uncooperative or hostile. It may have genetic, environmental, and psychosocial causes. Children with ODD have a ...

When Buckley Tant was six years old, his world (and his family’s) began to unravel. Diagnosed with ADHD and later Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Buckley was a bright child whose behavior turned ...

Is your child often irritable or prone to temper outbursts? Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, clarifies the distinctions between bipolar disorder and Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), ...