This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...

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 ...

Defiance and tantrums are common in childhood. Parents will often tell us about the 30-minute tirade they faced because their child wanted a blue bowl, not a yellow one. Or the screaming and crying ...

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 ...

Even well-behaved children may be oppositional at some point in time. Oppositional behavior may be seen particularly when young children are stressed, upset, hungry or tired. This is considered a ...

MI works for oppositional clients because it was initially created for substance users, many of whom are mandated to treatment. The goal of MI is not to influence or manipulate clients, but to join ...

This post was co-authored with Rachel Hardy, M.A. In this three-part series, we seek to explore alternate explanations for childhood defiance/misbehavior. In Part 1, childhood misbehavior was ...