he years, the classification of disruptive behavior disorders has taken many different shapes. The DSM-IV, identify three disorders in the groups now called attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders. These three disorders are conduct disorder (CD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This paper will focus only in conduct disorders and oppositional defiant disorder, although all three disorders are interrelated. Conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder are connected developmentally and they are consistently linked with the same risk factors. Researchers have argued that ODD is a milder form of CD.
             Disruptive disorders, such as oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder, are characterized by antisocial behavior. It appears to be a collection of behaviors rather than a coherent pattern of mental dysfunction. Children who develop the more serious kind of conduct disorder often shows signs of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder at an earlier age. It is common for a young child to snatch or take things they want from another child, however, this kind of behavior may herald a more generally aggressive
             behavior and the first sign of an emerging oppositional defiant or conduct disorder if this behavior occurs around the ages of 4 and 5 or later. Not every child who is diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder develops conduct disorder, and the difficult behaviors associated with these conditions often remit.
             Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is diagnosed when a child shows a persistent or consistent pattern of defiance disobedience, and hostility toward various authority figures including their parents, teachers, and other adults. This disorder is characterized by behavior such as persistent arguing and fighting, easily annoyed or being touchy, and the most common of them all is being spiteful or vindictive to others. Children who are diagnosed...