Just What is Adolescent ODD
Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a recognized psychiatric disorder.
Sufferers tend to be very aggressive and have a tendency to purposefully bother and annoy others.
The line between Oppositional Defiant Disorder and normal behavior is even more blurred in the adolescent age.
Usually, teens tend to be defiant of adults and are more concerned with the opinions of their peer group.
But when the teen's behavior starts to interfere and hamper their social and academic life, alarm bells should start ringing.
But how do you diagnose ODD in Teens? Hormones and other issues cause the average teenager to become uncooperative, touchy, and defiant.
Who hasn't dealt with a teenager who can't control their temper? Virtually every parent dreads the adolescent phase when arguments over issues such as keeping their bedroom clean, going out, school, language and relationships become every day events - every minute events in my house! If you can think about your worst behaving teenager and multiply that behavior by a factor of 100, youwill get some idea of what parents of a teenager with ODD go through.
They do not deal with the average teen tantrum but an all out war perpetuated by their children.
If your child or teenager has at least a six month history of negative, aggressive, defiant behavior then you should take them to your medical practitioner.
I would suggest that you keep a diary of your child's actions making special note of occurrences of argumentative behavior, deliberately annoying other people, anger, spitefulness and a tendency to blame others for their own bad behavior.
These families need professional help.
Several parental programs have taught parents how to reduce ego struggles, negotiation skills to deal with their teenager.
Parents are also reminded of the influence of positive behavior through self behavior.
Through individual therapy, teenagers are shown how to express themselves and interact in a positive manner, without defiance.
Anger management and cooperation are very important skills that all teenagers could do with learning but are even more important for the children suffering from Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
Other forms of treatment available include family therapy - teaching all members of a family how to deal with family interactions.
Reduction of power struggles and positive behavior is encouraged in such sessions.
The use of social skills training such as those outlined above will help the parents and adolescents affected by this recognized psychiatric condition.
In my view, these methods should be tried and exhausted before recommendations are made to medicate these children.
Sufferers tend to be very aggressive and have a tendency to purposefully bother and annoy others.
The line between Oppositional Defiant Disorder and normal behavior is even more blurred in the adolescent age.
Usually, teens tend to be defiant of adults and are more concerned with the opinions of their peer group.
But when the teen's behavior starts to interfere and hamper their social and academic life, alarm bells should start ringing.
But how do you diagnose ODD in Teens? Hormones and other issues cause the average teenager to become uncooperative, touchy, and defiant.
Who hasn't dealt with a teenager who can't control their temper? Virtually every parent dreads the adolescent phase when arguments over issues such as keeping their bedroom clean, going out, school, language and relationships become every day events - every minute events in my house! If you can think about your worst behaving teenager and multiply that behavior by a factor of 100, youwill get some idea of what parents of a teenager with ODD go through.
They do not deal with the average teen tantrum but an all out war perpetuated by their children.
If your child or teenager has at least a six month history of negative, aggressive, defiant behavior then you should take them to your medical practitioner.
I would suggest that you keep a diary of your child's actions making special note of occurrences of argumentative behavior, deliberately annoying other people, anger, spitefulness and a tendency to blame others for their own bad behavior.
These families need professional help.
Several parental programs have taught parents how to reduce ego struggles, negotiation skills to deal with their teenager.
Parents are also reminded of the influence of positive behavior through self behavior.
Through individual therapy, teenagers are shown how to express themselves and interact in a positive manner, without defiance.
Anger management and cooperation are very important skills that all teenagers could do with learning but are even more important for the children suffering from Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
Other forms of treatment available include family therapy - teaching all members of a family how to deal with family interactions.
Reduction of power struggles and positive behavior is encouraged in such sessions.
The use of social skills training such as those outlined above will help the parents and adolescents affected by this recognized psychiatric condition.
In my view, these methods should be tried and exhausted before recommendations are made to medicate these children.
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