Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a disruptive behavior disorder that emerges during childhood or adolescence and is characterized by persistent angry or irritable mood, unruly and argumentative ...

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 ...

Youth with related behavior challenges may have trouble moving between different brain states, according to a new study from Yale Child Study Center. Their brains appear to get stuck in states with ...

Youth with related behavior challenges may have trouble moving between different brain states, according to a new study from Yale Child Study Center. Their brains appear to get stuck in states with ...

Disruptive behaviors fall into three main categories: Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, and ADHD. A diagnosis of ADHD is made after a six-month duration of symptoms which are expressed ...

In preschool and school-aged children with disruptive behavior disorders, programs involving parents — either alone or with the child and a caregiver or teacher — were associated with reductions in ...

Before Oscar* got kicked out of his first preschool, he was upset about lunch. Not long into the school year, the 4-year-old expressed his displeasure with the midday meal by dousing his tray with ...

Children and adolescents already have a lot on their minds, from schoolwork to friendships to family dynamics. If they also worry about the safety in their own neighborhoods, those mental tasks might ...