Many children are seen as defiant or get nervous easily, but when does oppositional behavior and anxiousness become a problem? How can someone tell if their child is suffering from a behavioral disorder?
ODD is a psychosomatic disorder that falls under a group of behavioral disorders, and is commonly seen as
Some symptoms or behaviors that are most commonly seen, and are important to look for are
Frequent temper tantrums
Refuses to obey rules
Argues with adults, mainly parents
Deliberately annoys or aggravate others
Its very easy for ODD to go unnoticed. Children may start out with a low patience level, be impulsive, have an increase in chronic lying, and start to have truancy problems.
Anxiety is the root of most psychosomatic disorders. Anxiety can cause stress, panic attacks, chest pain etc. Its very easy to look over anxiety, but it’s important for it not to go unnoticed. Anxiety is such a big factor in most psychosomatic disorder, as the brain has a desire to do something, but is …show more content…
But, if a child has ODD, having anxiety can make a child struggle, and be very troublesome in school.
One to 16 percent of all school aged children and adolescents have ODD. But, biological, psychological and social factors may play a great role. Often, children with other disorders such as ADD, ADHD, mood disorders, depression, or bipolar disorders may make it harder to treat or improve the symptoms of ODD without treating another disorder.
Having anxiety makes it so much worse for a child with a behavioral disorder, as being defiant is the only way for a child to deal with anxiety. Potential shared risk factors include child temperament, social information processing biases, parent–child processes, or neighborhood violence exposure
Its important to note that the child that has the behavioral disorder is not the problem. The problem is the problem.