oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder
- related: Pediatric
Oppositional Defiant
- features
- negative, hostile, and defiant behavior
- disobedient with authority figures, and are argumentative and angry.
- angry/irritable mood
- behavior does not include cruelty towards people/animal, stealing, destruction
- more reactionary than deliberate
Treatment of oppositional defiant disorder centers on psychotherapy.
Conduct
- features:
- violation of basic rights of others or social norms.
- Torturing or killing animals
- Destruction of property, setting fires
- serious violation of rules (truancy/absent from school, running away)
- lying or stealing
- After age 18, conduct disorder is considered antisocial personality disorder.
- treatment: The primary treatment of conduct disorder is psychotherapy. Pharmacotherapy can be used to manage the associated symptoms of mood instability, anger, etc.
- CBT
- parent management training
Note: Conduct disorder is more severe and serious than the disobedient behaviors of oppositional defiant disorder.