Definition of ODD

What do you want me to say, THEY JUST DON’T DO AS THEY ARE TOLD! (S. Flood)



According to the Offord Centre for Child Studies, "Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is a type of behaviour problem in which children are openly hostile, uncooperative, and irritable. They lose their tempers and are mean and spiteful towards others. They often do things to deliberately annoy other people. Most of their defiant behaviour is directed at authority figures, but they also sometimes behave the same way towards their siblings, playmates, or classmates. Their home life, school life, and peer relationships are seriously negatively affected because of the way they think and behave".