Psychiatric Comorbidity, Family Dysfunction, and Social Impairment in Referred Youth With Oppositional Defiant Disorder

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Authors

Ross W. Greene · Massachusetts General Hospital

Joseph Biederman · Harvard University Press

Stephanie Zerwas · Harvard University Press

Michael C. Monuteaux · Harvard University Press

Jennifer C. Goring · Harvard University Press

Stephen V. Faraone · Harvard University Press

Abstract

These results support the validity of the oppositional defiant disorder diagnosis as a meaningful clinical entity independent of conduct disorder and highlight the extremely detrimental effects of oppositional defiant disorder on multiple domains of functioning in children and adolescents.

Topics & Keywords

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 159, Issue 7, pp. 1214-1224

DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.7.1214

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