Behavior Disorders
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Radio Segment
Steve Muething, MD, associate director of clinical services in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, can be heard weekly on Your Child's Health. On August 25, 2004, he spoke about ADHD and Hygiene. Listen to this segment:
Behavior disorders (sometimes referred to as disruptive behavior disorders) are the most common reasons children are referred for mental health evaluations and treatment.
All disruptive behavior is not the same. Behavior disorders include mental health problems with a focus on behaviors that both identify emotional problems and create interpersonal and social problems for children and adolescents in the course of their development.
The most common behavior disorder in children is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Conduct disorder focuses on the mental health problems identified and created by more disruptive behaviors.
Oppositional defiant disorder is yet another behavior disorder that focuses on the behavior that is disruptive to relationships with others.
There are many types of behavioral disorders that require clinical care by a physician or other health care professional.
Facts About ADHD
Children with untreated ADHD are 10 times more likely to drop out of high school. More boys than girls have ADHD. The ratios range from 4:1 to 9:1, respectively. One-third of the children referred for mental health services are referred for aggressive behaviors.
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