1Postgraduate Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and P.G. Institute, Indore, M.P.
2Assoc. Prof & HOD, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, S. S. Medical College, Rewa; MP
3Prof & HOD, Dept. of Psychiatry, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and P.G. Institute, Indore, M.P.
*Corresponding Author: E-mail: drambrishmishra@gmail.com
Online published on 2 December, 2014.
There is a lacuna of studies on Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD) in the Indian context. Present study is undertaken as a cross sectional study of school aged children selected from four different schools in Indore district. Nine hundred children aged between 6 and 11 years were selected from four schools of Indore city after obtaining informed consent from their parents and the school authorities. The presence of ODD and CD was assessed by using Rutter CBQ and those who were screened positive were subjected to DSM-IV-TR criteria for the final diagnosis.
The prevalence of ODD among primary school children was found to be 7.73%. Prevalence was found to be equal among male and female. The prevalence of CD among primary school children was found to be 5.48. Prevalence was found to be higher among the males (66.67%) as compared to that of females (33.33%). The present study shows a high prevalence of CD among primary school children with a higher prevalence among the males than the females and in ODD no difference was found.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Child Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ), Diagnostic Statistical Manual-IV-Text Revised (DSM-IV-TR)
