Oppositional Defiant Disorder vs. Conduct Disorder

Which is more difficult to treat, ODD or Conduct Disorder?

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• Oppositional
• Defiant
• Disorder
• ODD
• Conduct
• ADHD
• RAD
• Aspergers

[SimsenDK1]

it's absolutely ridiculous and disgusting to call disobedience a disorder... and an outstanding example of how diagnoses are made by those who cannot tolerate the behaviour of the people they diagnose..that said, of course the people who are diagnosed need some attention, love and care that they haven't yet been given, i order to become happy and content individuals. But to determine not liking the established as a disorder is ignorant and essentially, a disorder in itself...

[ometta7]

I love my nephew deeply, and I would do anything to make sure he didn't end up dead or in jail. He's not a bad kid. He shows remorse, somewhat, for his actions. He is even capable of altruistic behavior without any selfish intent on his part. I just want to help him, or at least understand what's wrong with him. I even told him about all this that I'm typing. His only condition was that I didn't use his name(he has warrants out for his arrest in some states).

[ometta7]

Perhaps the most disturbing thing I've noticed, one which chills me to even think about, is one time when he was asleep. He was sick from the flu and was pretty high on several different drugs, and he passed out on the couch. I was on the computer nearby when I heard him moving around. I got up and walked over to him to see that he was waving a very large kitchen knife around. I don't know where he got it. I took it from him, and he pulled out another one. He was asleep the whole time.

[ometta7]

He has casually confided in me several crimes he has committed, whether real or fabricated I cannot say, which would turn the stomachs of grown men to contemplate. He once told me of a time when he sliced open a large man's stomach with a chef knife while engaged in a knife fight outside of a bar. He said that he fled the scene afterward and, while he thought he saw the man getting up, he wasn't sure whether he had killed him or not.

[ometta7]

He uses drugs and smokes. I'm a bit ashamed to say that I've sometimes provided him with cigarettes in exchange for drugs which he has usually stolen from the purses of his mother or his aunts. After one week of hanging out with him, I learned of several different ways you could get high off of household things like paint thinner and cough syrup. Just last night we each tripped balls on Tylenol PM.

[ometta7]

His violence doesn't always have to be motivated by anger, although it's usually much worse when it is. He often randomly starts swinging at people for fun. Sometimes he actually hits them, sometimes he just does it to make the other person flinch so that he can laugh at them.

He never hits his mother, whom he appears attached to, but he often disobeys her directions and insults her to her face. When he wants to "play" with her, he'll jam his fingers into her belly and giggle sadistically.

[ometta7]

He has a very vengeful streak and will often retaliate to even the smallest slights with violence. My friend has been the victim of this aggression many times. He has been stabbed multiple times by my nephew, who has a fascination with knives and always tries to keep at least one on his person at all times. My nephew also tazered him with an illegally-acquired stun gun(the voltage set higher than police-issue models) over a joke which offended him.

[ometta7]

I think that my fourteen-year-old nephew might have ODD or Conduct Disorder, maybe both. He's aggressive, antisocial, and almost casually violent towards people. He will resist authority without relent, even if he would clearly benefit from doing what he is told and would suffer a worse punishment by resisting. He has been punished in just about every way you could legally punish a child, and nothing seems to have worked. He doesn't lie much, but he steals from and assaults people regularly.

[Hollrobb]

@Mirani2 ,BTW, what was you expecting?

[Hollrobb]

@Mirani2 It's It's all a con,He fights and argues but when his case worker comes he sits in the floor and plays with toys. He knows just what to say and not to say to whom.Everything is an excuse for him. It's always someone else's fault and nothing he does is his fault and i will be surprised if he lives to see 20 if he keeps up with the smart mouth back talk. Not just to his mother and i but anyone that doesnt do for him what he wants.He will have to be institutionalized for life.