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OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER TREATMENTS |
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Treatment of oppositional defiant
disorder usually consists of group, individual and/or family therapy,
and education. Of these, individual therapy is the most common.
Therapy can provide a consistent daily schedule, support, consistent
rules, discipline, and limits. It can also help train patients to
get along with others and modify behaviors. Therapy can occur in
residential, day treatment, or medical settings. Additionally,
having a healthy role model as an example is important for the
patient. Parent management training focuses on teaching the parents specific and more effective techniques for handling the child's opposition and defiance. Research has shown that parent management training is more effective than family therapy. Whether involved in therapy or working on this disorder at home, the patient must work with his or her parents' guidance to make the fullest possible recovery. According to the New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, the patients must: Use self timeouts Identify what increases anxiety Talk about feelings instead of acting on them Find and use ways to calm themselves Frequently remind themselves of their goals Get involved in tasks and physical activities that provide a healthy outlet for energy Learn how to talk with others Develop a predictable, consistent, daily schedule of activity Develop ways to obtain pleasure and feel good Learn how to get along with other people Find ways to limit stimulation Learn to admit mistakes in a matter-of-fact way. Stimulant medication is used only when oppositional defiant disorder coexists with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. As of 1998, no research is currently available on the use of other psychiatric medications in the treatment of oppositional defiant disorder. |
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