The DAWBA clinical rater's manual
Practice cases relevant to oppositional defiant disorder
For each case:
- Click onto the case number to move to the rating screens for that case.
- Use the information from the rating screens to answer the questions.
- Check your answers by reading what we say in the text box in Note.
- You can also look at the DSM and ICD screens
to see our clinical diagnoses.
If you haven't yet learnt to navigate your way round the rating screens, we strongly recommend
you click here to work your way through the introductory tutorial
before starting on the practice cases listed below.
- Check the diagnosis of oppositional defiant disorder- is it consistent with the
open-ended comments?
- Why does the child receive a diagnosis of ADHD according to DSM-IV, and do
you think this is appropriate in this case?
- Why does the computer generate a diagnosis of oppositional
defiant disorder according to ICD-10 and a diagnosis of conduct
disorder according to DSM-IV?
- What diagnosis would you as a clinical rater allocate?
- How can we make the diagnosis of ADHD/hyperkinetic disorder in
the absence of a teacher report to demonstrate pervasive symptoms
or impairment?
- In what way do the open-ended comments not fit with the symptom reports
for this child?
- Do you agree with the diagnosis of oppositional defiant disorder?
- Why does the computer fail to diagnose ADHD or hyperkinesis?
- Apart from oppositional defiant disorder, what other disorder
would you rate as being present?
- Why does the child not receive a diagnosis of ADHD/hyperkinetic
disorder?
- Do you agree with the computer diagnoses of ADHD and hyperkinesis?
- Should this child receive a diagnosis of a behaviour disorder?
- What diagnostic category would you use for the behavioural
symptoms?
- Do you think that this child should receive a diagnosis of a
depressive disorder?
- Why is this child not appropriate for a diagnosis of ADHD-
inattentive type?
- Why wouldn't you allocate a clinical diagnosis of ADHD or
hyperkinetic disorder?
- What diagnosis can you use to capture this child's behavioural problems?
Last modified : 11/07/14