Behavior disorders
Set of behaviors, primarily originating in childhood and adolescence, that brings together different disorders manifested mainly in the form of impulsiveness, lack of attention and emotional instability, and which involve an inability to adapt and respond to the family-social demands and/or to follow the standards and guidelines of behavior that most accept. The main behavior disorders are:
- the Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD),
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- and antisocial personality disorder (APD).
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
Behavior disorder, usually diagnosed in childhood, characterized by not cooperative, defiant, negative, irritable and angry towards adults behaviors, and in general, towards to people that have a feature of authority over the person, especially fathers and mothers, teachers and others with authority.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Neurobiology chronic disorder, symptomatically evolutionary character and likely genetic transmission that affects between 5 and 10% of the child population, even reaching adulthood in 60% of cases. There are three subtypes of ADHD:
- Combined (inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity)
- Predominantly inattentive
- Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive
Antisocial personality disorder (APD)
Behavior disorder characterized by a persistent and repeated form of behavior that violates social norms or basic rights of other people. The typical behaviors of this pathology include frequently fights, intimidation, cruelty to people or animals, destruction of alien property, fire, theft, repeated lies, failures to school, household leaks, provocations, challenges and serious disobedience.