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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 253763" data-attributes="member: 701"><p><em>Parents, please feel free to jump in here, but since Dr. Riley has stopped by I want to ask some general questions for the benefit of our newer members, as well as those who will read our archives in the future.</em></p><p> </p><p>Dr. Riley, I really appreciate your input. Two label questions:</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">1) </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">As you may imagine, especially here on the Early Childhood board we have a lot of parents coming in and reporting standalone diagnoses of ODD or ODD/ADHD after their initial appointments. Could you discuss the ODD label&#8212;both in terms of its usefulness and its limitations? Based on what we're seeing here, I get the feeling there is pretty widespread use of the ODD label.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">2) A few years ago we started seeing a trickle of 4 and 5-year-olds who had been given Conduct Disorder labels by various diagnosticians. At first we thought it was a mistake because the criteria specified teens (well, technically, <em>first</em> we moms went ballistic<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) but then I did some digging around and found that the criteria for Conduct Disorder had been changed to include younger children in the DSM-IV Text Revision. Often in questioning these parents we found that the child had been assessed in the behavioral aspects only. What advice would you give to a parent of a very young child who has been given a Conduct Disorder label?</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 253763, member: 701"] [I]Parents, please feel free to jump in here, but since Dr. Riley has stopped by I want to ask some general questions for the benefit of our newer members, as well as those who will read our archives in the future.[/I] Dr. Riley, I really appreciate your input. Two label questions: [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]1) [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]As you may imagine, especially here on the Early Childhood board we have a lot of parents coming in and reporting standalone diagnoses of ODD or ODD/ADHD after their initial appointments. Could you discuss the ODD label—both in terms of its usefulness and its limitations? Based on what we're seeing here, I get the feeling there is pretty widespread use of the ODD label.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]2) A few years ago we started seeing a trickle of 4 and 5-year-olds who had been given Conduct Disorder labels by various diagnosticians. At first we thought it was a mistake because the criteria specified teens (well, technically, [I]first[/I] we moms went ballistic:winking:) but then I did some digging around and found that the criteria for Conduct Disorder had been changed to include younger children in the DSM-IV Text Revision. Often in questioning these parents we found that the child had been assessed in the behavioral aspects only. What advice would you give to a parent of a very young child who has been given a Conduct Disorder label?[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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