FooterLogoADHD&SymptomTestsADHDComorbidities&RelatedConditionsOppositionalDefiantDisorderODDvs.ADHD:TheFactsAboutOppositionalDefiantDisorderandAttentionDeficitRoughly40percentofchildrenwithattentiondeficitdisorder(ADHDorADD)alsohaveoppositionaldefiantdisorder(ODD)orarelatedconductdisorder.Couldyourchild’sdefiance,anger,anddisobediencebesymptomsofODD?FindouteverythingyouneedtoknowabouttheADHDvs.ODDlink.ByADDitudeEditorsMedicallyreviewedbyADDitude’sADHDMedicalReviewPanelonMarch24,2021ShareArticleMenuFacebookPinterestTwitterPrintEmailSMSSaveoppositionaldefiantdisorderkidstweensteensOppositionaldefiantdisorder(ODD)isdefinedbyaggressivenessandatendencytopurposefullybotherandirritateothers.Whileitistruethatanybodycanbeaggressiveandirritatingfromtimetotime,tobediagnosedasODD,apersonmustdisplayapatternofnegativistic,hostile,anddefiantbehaviorlastingatleastsixmonths.Somesourcesestimatethat5percentofallchildrenmayqualifyforthediagnosis.What’stheDifferenceBetweenADHDandODD?Notallchildrenwithattentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder(ADHDorADD)qualifyfortheoppositionaldefiantdisorderdiagnosis.However,thepercentagesarehigh—somestudiesputestimatesashighas65percentofkidswithADHDwhoalsohaveadefiancedisorder.ArecentarticleinAttention!,thequarterlymagazinepublishedbyCHADD,citesastudyof6007to9yearoldsinwhich40percentofthechildrenwithADHDalsohadODD,with15percent,or1in7,havingmoreseriousconductdisorders.ODD:SymptomsandPrevalenceWhatarethesymptomsofadefiancedisorderlikeODD?Apatternofnegativistic,hostile,anddefiantbehaviorlastingatleast6months,duringwhichfour(ormore)ofthefollowingODDsymptomsarepresent:oftenlosestemperoftenargueswithadultsoftenactivelydefiesorrefusestocomplywithadults’requestsorrulesoftendeliberatelyannoyspeopleoftenblamesothersforhisorhermistakesormisbehaviorisoftentouchyoreasilyannoyedbyothersisoftenangryandresentfulisoftenspitefulorvindictiveNote:ConsideracriterionforODDmetonlyifthebehavioroccursmorefrequentlythanistypicallyobservedinindividualsofcomparableageanddevelopmenta