Did You Know

- more males than females are diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) before puberty (http://www.msu.edu/)

- after puberty the numbers are equal (http://www.msu.edu/)

- between 5% and 15% of school aged children have ODD (Offord Centre for Child Studies)

- more common in urban than in rural areas (Offord Centre for Child Studies)

- developmental progression: ADHD is usually followed by ODD and then by Conduct Disorder (Children's Mental Health May 31, 2001)

- some students may develop ODD as a result of stress and frustration from divorce, death, loss of family, or family disharmony (http://www.macmh.org/)

- ODD may be a way for the student to deal with depression or may be the result of inconsistent rules and beahviour (www.macmh.org)