Disruptive Behavior Disorder

Disruptive behavior disorder is also termed as, behavior disorder. Behavior disorder includes conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and ADHD.

Attention Deficit Disorder:

ADHD is characterized by inattention or hyperactivity, persisting for at least 6 months to a degree that is maladaptive and immature.

Oppositional Defiant Disorder:

In oppositional defiant disorder, the child breaks the rules of those in the family and the school. It may occur in children of any age and in adolescents. Sometimes ODD leads to conduct disorder.

Conduct Disorder Behaviors:

In conduct disorder, the rules broken include the regulations and laws made by society. Conduct disorder usually occurs in older children and adolescents. Between one and four percent of young persons seven to seventeen have conduct disorder.

Causes:

Research has identified both biological and environmental causes for disruptive behavior disorders. Youngsters most at risk for oppositional defiant and conduct disorder are those who have low birth weight, neurological damage or ADHD.

Youngsters may also be at risk if they were rejected by their mothers as babies, separated from their parents and not given good foster care, physically or sexually abused, raised in homes with mothers who were abused, or living in poverty.

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