What is ODD?
Oppositional Disobedience Disorder (ODD) is a diagnosis described by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders edition 5 (DSM-V) as an ongoing pattern of guided disobedience and hostilely defiant behaviour toward authority figures which goes beyond the bounds of normal behaviour. Those suffering from this disorder may appear stubborn and agitated. This disorder is similar in nature to Oppositional Defiance Disorder which manifests in children and per-adolescents but differs in that the concerns that guide the pattern of behaviour are often quite rational and ethical. Sufferers often exhibit a wide spectrum of symptoms including excessive, often persistent anger, disregard for authority, an enhanced social conscience and habits and concerns beyond the norm.
What causes ODD?
Typically the Media creates a Credibility Gap which dissuades the Obsequeous Compliance Syndrome Mind from understanding their involvement in the world. Cogintive Dissonance (created by the Media), Alienation and Pharmaceuticals affect the Mind leading to Consumption. An increase in Social Consciousness bridges the Credibility Gap created by the Media and leads to the full spectrum of Oppositional Disobedience Disorders which can only be alleviated by Direct Action and Creative Disorder. Social consciousness can be developed by experiencing: segregation, police brutality, prejudice, injustice, political corruption, corporate greed, environmental destruction, human rights violations, war, trauma, etc.
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What is the DSM?
The DSM 5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V) is the latest in a long line of books that attempt to catalog the varieties of Mental Illness that exist. Past editions of the DSM have categorized homosexuality as a Mental Illness and reinforced the use of hysterectomies for women with anxiety disorders. What will this edition hold? Whether it’s old hokum or new bull the DSM pigeon-holes people into artificial categories often based upon a scattering of symptoms. Dysfunctions with quite different root causes can end up being treated the same way, and often improperly.
The DSM series of manuals makes it simple for psychiatrists to “diagnose” “illnesses” based upon simple check lists and then use the drug suggestions provided. It reinforces the worst stereo types about certain conditions and serves to pathologize personalities and social differences. The DSM fails to take into account the fullest variety of human behaviour and can be misused to almost any effect; it is one more basis for the authority of the psychiatric system. As mentioned, previous editions of the DSM have been responsible for a wide range of misdiagnoses and violations of Human Rights. What’s next? Maybe Oppositional Disobedience Disorder will be the next “disease” to sweep the globe…
The DSM series of manuals makes it simple for psychiatrists to “diagnose” “illnesses” based upon simple check lists and then use the drug suggestions provided. It reinforces the worst stereo types about certain conditions and serves to pathologize personalities and social differences. The DSM fails to take into account the fullest variety of human behaviour and can be misused to almost any effect; it is one more basis for the authority of the psychiatric system. As mentioned, previous editions of the DSM have been responsible for a wide range of misdiagnoses and violations of Human Rights. What’s next? Maybe Oppositional Disobedience Disorder will be the next “disease” to sweep the globe…