Children who are angry and argumentative can be diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder. Psychologists think it may oversimplify deeper causes, like ADHD, autism, and trauma. It might also lead ...

I have specific experience with oppositional behavior, substance abuse, depression and anxiety. I am able to help and support individuals, couples and families with a broad range of difficulties. If ...

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 ...

Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a behavior disorder where children are frequently uncooperative or hostile. It may have genetic, environmental, and psychosocial causes. Children with ODD have a ...

My impressions of what motherhood was about before I had children are quite different than what it is really like. I wasn’t so naive that I thought I’d have children who never misbehaved and were the ...

In my practice I work with adults coping with depression, anxiety, parenting issues, relationship struggles, substance abuse and other problems of adjustment. My work with children and adolescents ...

Many families seeking change for their children arrive after trying many other routes to help their children. Whether it’s anxiety that just gets worse, tantrums that have grown to an explosive level, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Parenting can be especially challenging when children are persistently defiant. "I have come to believe that oppositional teens ...

Francis Vergunst receives funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Fonds de Recherche du Québec Santé (FRQS). Université de Montréal provides funding as a founding partner of ...