Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Summary

This article describes a patient with Oppositional Defiant Disorder. The case taking, case analysis, differential materia medica and follow-up care are addressed. The concept of analysis using Paul Herscu's Cycles and Segments is also introduced.

Key words

Oppositional Defiant Disorder - Behavioural disorders - Platinum metallicum - Cycles and segments

References

• 1 Herscu P. Stramonium with an Introduction to Analysis Using Cycles and Segments. Amherst, MA, USA; New England School of Homeopathy Press 1996
• 2 Herscu Module, in RADAR 10.0, computer program. Assesse, Belgium; Archibel 2008

1 The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is published by the American Psychiatric Association and provides diagnostic criteria for mental disorders. It is used in the United States and in varying degrees around the world, by clinicians, researchers, psychiatric drug regulation agencies, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and policy makers. The DSM has attracted controversy and criticism as well as praise. There have been five revisions since it was first published in 1952, gradually including more disorders, though some have been removed and are no longer considered to be mental disorders. The last major revision was the fourth edition (“DSM‐IV”), published in 1994, although a “text revision” was produced in 2000. The fifth edition (“DSM‐V”) is currently in consultation, planning and preparation, due for publication in May 2012. (http://en.wikipedia.org)