Conduct, Oppositional Defiant, and Disruptive Behavior Disorders

The Challenges for Primary Caregivers of Adolescents With Disruptive Behavior Disorders

“…DBD often occur with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and are frequently accompanied by mood and anxiety disorders (Merikangas et al, 2009). DBD account for almost half of all referrals for outpatient services and the majority of psychiatric hospitalizations for children in the United States (Handwerk et al, 2012). …”

“…Multisystemic Therapy (MST), for example, has shown the most promise as an intervention for adolescents with severe DBD (Handwerk et al, 2012). MST is an intensive home- and community-based treatment approach that addresses environmental systems that affect youth behavior, including family, school, neighborhood, and friends.…”

“…Disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) are prevalent and serious mental disorders first diagnosed in childhood (Handwerk, Field, Dahl, & Malmberg, 2012). DBD include oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), which is characterized by hostile, noncompliant, and defiant behaviors, and the more serious conduct disorder (CD), which is characterized by persistent violations of social norms and antisocial behaviors (Brown et al, 2008).…”

“…Although most empirically supported treatments for DBD are family-based, the emphasis is typically on the behavior of the child rather than on the life challenges and resultant distress experienced by the caregivers. Multisystemic Therapy (MST), for example, has shown the most promise as an intervention for adolescents with severe DBD (Handwerk et al, 2012). MST is an intensive home- and community-based treatment approach that addresses environmental systems that affect youth behavior, including family, school, neighborhood, and friends.…”

An Experimental Investigation of Antisocial Lie‐Telling Among Children With Disruptive Behavior Disorders and Typically Developing Children

“…DBD is a broad term used to describe children who have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder (CD), or oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and who share a chronic pattern of behavioral problems and symptoms common to these highly comorbid disorders (Frick, ; Frick & Nigg, ; Hinshaw, ; Loeber et al., ; Waldman, Lilienfeld, & Lahey, ). DBD are among the most prevalent childhood disorders (Handwerk, Field, Dahl, & Malmberg, ), affecting 5%–10% of children (Loeber, Burke, Lahey, Winters, & Zera, ). Studying antisocial lie‐telling among children with DBD in comparison to TD children provides insight into individual differences in children's deception, which has implications for both theory and practice.…”