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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 49641" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>Thank you Jane. I have noticed this pattern as well. It seems many of us are divided over whether ODD and CD can be a stand alone diagnosis - as well as whether a child can be diagnosed with these disorders. So I appreciate you sending out info on the symptoms of this.</p><p></p><p>Don't you think though, that a child having <em>only</em> CD or ODD is pretty rare? Isn't ODD and CD usually developed because the predominant mental illness is not being treated, and they develop the ODD and CD as coping mechanisms? And don't you think that doctors sometimes temporarily slap these labels, (ADD included) on kids because the kids are so young they do not want to jump to conclusions yet about what the predominant mental illness is? </p><p></p><p>It just worries me that we would take these labels and then classify our kids as CD or ODD - when the fact of the matter is they <em>may</em> just be exhibiting these symptoms because the underlying illness is not being treated properly. I think it is a slippery slope, and begs for all of us to not be so wound up in labels and diagnosis' and be more concerned if our child is getting the right treatment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 49641, member: 3301"] Thank you Jane. I have noticed this pattern as well. It seems many of us are divided over whether ODD and CD can be a stand alone diagnosis - as well as whether a child can be diagnosed with these disorders. So I appreciate you sending out info on the symptoms of this. Don't you think though, that a child having [i]only[/i] CD or ODD is pretty rare? Isn't ODD and CD usually developed because the predominant mental illness is not being treated, and they develop the ODD and CD as coping mechanisms? And don't you think that doctors sometimes temporarily slap these labels, (ADD included) on kids because the kids are so young they do not want to jump to conclusions yet about what the predominant mental illness is? It just worries me that we would take these labels and then classify our kids as CD or ODD - when the fact of the matter is they [i]may[/i] just be exhibiting these symptoms because the underlying illness is not being treated properly. I think it is a slippery slope, and begs for all of us to not be so wound up in labels and diagnosis' and be more concerned if our child is getting the right treatment. [/QUOTE]
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