Psychology 2320A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Anti-Social Behaviour

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2320A/B
• Professor: Elizabeth Hayden

Document Summary

Odd and cd: classification: dsm-5: oppositional defiant disorder, angry/defiant/vindictive behavior lasting at least 6 months developmentally excessive pattern. Losing temper, argumentative, defiant, blames others, touchy, angry. Behaviors must be more frequent than normative for age they are supposed to decline after a certain age. Rated for severity mild, moderate, or severe: based on pervasiveness of symptoms degree to which they exhibit symptoms in multiple domains. Extremely noncompliant kids with poor emotional control negativistic, disobedient, hostile toward authority. Poorly equipped to manage a child behavioral problems patience, managing their own affect: dsm-5: conduct disorder, antisocial behavior as well, persistent & repetitive pattern of violating norms and rules lasting at least twelve months, including: Serious violation of rules (e. g. , truancy, staying out all night) Important in differentiating children who have cd, who are at risk for poor outcomes because of their callous- unemotional personality.