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By Mayo Clinic staffEven the best-behaved children can be difficult and challenging at times. Teens are often moody and argumentative. But if your child or teen has a persistent pattern of tantrums, arguing, and angry or disruptive behaviors toward you and other authority figures, he or she may have oppositional defiant disorder (ODD).
As a parent, you don't have to go it alone in trying to manage a child with oppositional defiant disorder. Doctors, counselors and child development experts can help.
Treatment of ODD involves therapy, special types of training to help build positive family interactions, and possibly medications to treat related mental health conditions.
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- Ursano AM, et al. Disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence. In: Hales RE, et al., eds. The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry. 5th ed. Arlington, Va.: American Psychiatric Association; 2008. http://www.psychiatryonline.com. Accessed Sept. 28, 2009.
- Hamilton SS. Oppositional defiant disorder. American Family Physician. 2008;78:861.
- Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with oppositional defiant disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2007;46:126.
- Parent-child interaction therapy with at-risk families. Child Welfare Information Gateway. http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_interactbulletin/f_interactbulletin.pdf. Accessed Oct. 2, 2009.
- Wall CA (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Oct. 2, 2009.
