Disruptive behaviour disorders (DBDs) encompass a spectrum of persistent patterns of antisocial, defiant or aggressive conduct emerging in childhood and adolescence. The two principal diagnoses, ...

After weeks (or months) of putting it off, you book a longer appointment with your GP to talk about your mental health. You explain that you've been feeling low, anxious and overwhelmed. They suggest ...

In preschool and school-aged children with disruptive behavior disorders, programs involving parents — either alone or with the child and a caregiver or teacher — were associated with reductions in ...

Children exposed to their mother's cannabis use during pregnancy and after birth are three times more likely to develop behavioral problems, new Curtin University research has found. Published in ...

Children exposed to cannabis in the womb are over three times more likely to develop behavioral problems than non-exposed peers, found a new study published in Psychiatry Research. The findings ...

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...

It had been a hard year. I held my 13-year-old body in a chair across from my then-therapist. We were talking about what was wrong with me; at least, that's how I thought of it. In the year that had ...

Disruptive behaviors fall into three main categories: Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, and ADHD. A diagnosis of ADHD is made after a six-month duration of symptoms which are expressed ...

Like adults, children and adolescents can get depressed, displaying persistent sadness and loss of interest in once pleasurable activities, including a sense of discouragement and feelings of ...

Introduction Combined Type or Primary Hyperactive-Impulsive Subtype ADHD Primary Inattentive Subtype Evaluation and Treatment References Combined Type or Primary Hyperactive-Impulsive Subtype ADHD ...

Children exposed to their mother's cannabis use during pregnancy and after birth are three times more likely to develop behavioral problems, new Curtin University research has found. Published in ...