Case Report on Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Abstract

Even the best-behaved children can occasionally act harsh and hard. Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), on the other hand, may be present in your child or teenager if they consistently act hostile, impatient, argumentative, defiant, or vindictive against you or other adults in positions of authority and trouble in learning and academic outcomes. This is mainly caused by neurobiological imbalance, lack of parenting concern and family issues. This is a complex mental illness which dangerous to child should identifying in initial stage and treat it in appropriate way, otherwise it leads to unexplained psychological disorders like Conduct disorders, anxiety, depression and substance abuse. This can be managed with psychotherapeutic treatment then psychopharmacological agent. In this case study, the 12 year old boy with ODD was assessed in 6 months duration by Rorschach technique, questionnaire and semi interview methods for collect information. Parents and children can benefit significantly from psychological intervention in the short- and long-term results especially on emotional aspect of care because ODD child shows more emotional instability and behaviour abnormalities. The psychotherapy was used to treat the ODD like cognitive behavioural therapy especially positive reinforcement methods, which helped him improve his problem-solving skills, communication, impulse control, anger management. In additionally, he and his parents received family counselling to help with social skills, family interactions, and issue communication. The findings draw attention to improvements in all aspects including child’s interactions with others, adaptive behaviour and measurable academic outcome eventually could saw significant parent behavioural changes towards their child treatment.