How to Use oppositional defiant disorder in a Sentence
oppositional defiant disorder
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Desperate, Hunt-Jackson arranged for her 24-year-old grandson, who has autism and oppositional defiant disorder, to move into her double-wide trailer and serve as her caregiver.
— Judith Graham, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022 -
Her son, now 6, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress and oppositional defiant disorders.
— Lewis Kamb, The Seattle Times, 16 Dec. 2017 -
Medical experts testified in the case that all the Finn children had diagnoses ranging from oppositional defiant disorder to attachment disorder to attention deficit disorder.
— Lee Rood, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2017 -
Zachary Cruz was described as having oppositional defiant disorder.
— Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 Apr. 2018 -
He was diagnosed with substance abuse disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and oppositional defiant disorder.
— Mollie Simon, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2022 -
Mercy has trained nearly 250 of its pediatricians and family medicine specialists in neighboring states to diagnose the most common conditions such as ADHD, depression, anxiety and oppositional defiant disorder.
— Laura Landro, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2019 -
King had been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, depression and bipolar disorder, and had been hospitalized against his will for mental health reasons seven times.
— orlandosentinel.com, 9 Nov. 2021 -
But the majority had other issues, including language or learning disabilities, ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, mood or anxiety disorders.
— Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019 -
Dontay received several mental-health diagnoses, including bipolar disorder, ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder.
— Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019 -
Christian has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and oppositional defiant disorder.
— Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
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