Oppositional Defiant Disorder: Why We Should Drop the ODD Label
How We Pathologize ADHD Behaviors The mental health field does a lot of pathologizing of kids with ADHD with various labels, including oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). I want to move ADHD away from being so pathologized in the mental health field, and part of that is changing the language around it. We need to keep using ADHD, of course, because it is a neurodevelopmental challenge, but I think we need to drop the ODD label and here is why. Why We Should Stop Using ODD to Describe Children ODD is a description of behaviors; it is not a standalone diagnosis and it is not a neurodevelopment...
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