One of the things about oppositional defiant disorder is that it has many definitions out there in the world of mental psychology. But of course, when you think about it, the whole point of the disorder is that it has patterns of ongoing disobedience, which is mostly characterized by the fact that the child that has this disorder would always be disobedient and defiant to any guardian, parent and of course caretaker, The whole point here is that the child does not like authority and if there any semblance of it, they will react to the aspect of authority.
Now this is a minefield that is being stepped into simply because of the fact, that any parent will tell you that most children at some point of time or other will have episodes of being defiant and this is quite natural when they are at a young age, and they do not understand the concept of guidance of authority and guidance, and they will do things based on emotion and impulse. So when this is the case, how do we know that the actual episodes of delinquency is just normal or if in fact, it has spilled over to something that is much more serious and can be classified as a sort of disorder.
Well, in this case, the medical community has stepped in and placed some parameters around the disorder to actually be able to classify it as something of a defiant disorder in the first place. For one thing, the most common thing that most people can agree to is that the anger and the defiance must be consistent over a period of time, and it must also be an interference in their normal lives within any environment and this can range from school to the home.
When this happens, then it can be described that the defiance has become more than something episodic and it now allows the children to be classified as patients within a disorder. For one thing, there must be certain symptoms that must be looked at. For one thing, the child must have constant loss of temper, they argue all the time, they refuse to comply with even the simplest of rules. They will go out of their way to annoy people, and will blame everything else accept themselves when something goes wrong. They can sometimes be more than just angry, they can be vindictive and spiteful, and this is where the entire paradigm of the disorder can be more than just a little dangerous for the people around the child.
So this is where you need to send in your child for some anger management and deliberate therapies which would help them to control their anger and of course, function more normally within social situations in the first place, With the proper treatment and in fact, some early intervention, you would be surprised at the things that can be achieved with these two combinations. In the end of the day, oppositional defiant disorder is something that is highly treatable.
Author Resource:
MindMatters Psychology Practice provides child development support services for children at http://www.mmpp.com.sg/child-development.html . They also provide an Autism Test for children at http://www.mmpp.com.sg/iq-testing.html
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