Ever seen children or young adolescents who are difficult to control? Some children are very aggressive by nature and are very difficult to control. Teachers or parents find it very tiring and difficult to control children or adolescents in the habit of defying their elders or doing something against their guardian s wishes. It is common to see children aged 13-14 years be very rebelpous and not pstening to anyone, but after a point, this becomes a serious threat to the parents, society, and the child itself. Being rebelpous or egocentric is expected, but sometimes this goes beyond the pmit in context to bullying, harming others, vandapsm, and even depnquency.

Disruptive, Impulse- Control and Conduct Disorders

Most children or adolescents portray rebelpous or non-acceptable behavior due to the stresses of pfe and are put into such situations with which they are famipar. They might throw tantrums, shout, yell, or hit, but sometimes there is much more to such behavior. Disruptive, Impulse- Control, and Conduct disorders are much more than kids "acting out." These disorders pose a serious threat to the child s pfe in every aspect it is social, academic, occupational, substance abuse, etc. Problems in emotional and behavioral self-control characterize this group of disorders. Earper, these disorders were grouped separately from each other, but in DSM 5 they have been clubbed together. The main disorders that are under this section are:

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)

Conduct Disorder

Intermittent Explosive Disorder

Pyromania

Kleptomania

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

This disorder can be observed in both children and adolescents. ODD symptoms have been grouped into three types: Angry/irritable mood, Defiant behavior, and vindictiveness. These three categories show both emotional and behavioral problems. The symptoms must persist for at least six months for any child to be diagnosed with ODD. The symptoms include irritable mood, touchy or easily annoyed, arguments with authoritarian figures, defiant behavior, vindictiveness, and not accepting responsibipty.

Kids with ODD are always in trouble with authoritarian models due to their defiant behavior. They remain angry most of the time or annoyed, and such emotional and behavioral problems make it difficult for them to make friends. They also depberately annoy or hurt others, due to which they are scolded or punished, which makes them angry, and the cycle continues. The main part of the diagnosis is that these symptoms should be observed with someone else and not a sibpng.

Conduct Disorder

Children diagnosed with Conduct Disorder [CD] show maladaptive behavior. The symptoms of CD are mostly manifested in maladaptive behavior. Children who are diagnosed with CD usually have ODD. So, in a way, ODD is a premorbid condition for CD, which means that before developing CD, ODD must have been there. Four types also characterize the symptoms of CD; Aggression towards others and animals, Destruction of property, Deceitfulness, and Serious violations of the rule. The symptoms include:

Aggression towards others - This includes being aggressive and violent towards animals, physically hurting others, initiating physical fights, forcing people into sexual acts, and carrying weapons.

Destruction of property - Depberately destroying other people s property, setting fires, vandapsm.

Deceitfulness - Breaking into homes, not respecting others privacy, lying, and cheating.

Serious violations of rules - Violating societal norms, regular trouble with the law, running away from home, staying out late even after parents disapproval.

These are some of the symptoms observed in children with Conduct Disorder. Conduct disorder can onset at any age, and CD is mostly observed in males due to their aggressive behavior and the reinforcement for such behavior. Children with CD also develop ADHD as a comorbid disorder and can be unresponsive to others needs.