Table 1.

DSM-IV items for Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD)

ODD items	CD items
Often loses temper	Often bullies, threatens or intimidates others
Often argues with adults	Often initiates physical fights
Often actively defies or refuses to comply with adults’ requests or rules	Has used a weapon that can cause serious physical harm to others
Often deliberately annoys people	Has been physically cruel to people
Often blames others for his or her mistakes or misbehavior	Has been physically cruel to animals
Is often touchy or easily annoyed by others	Has stolen while confronting a victim (e.g., mugging, armed robbery)
Is often angry or resentful	Has forced someone into sexual activity
Is often spiteful or vindictive	Has deliberately engaged in fire setting
	Has deliberately destroyed others’ property
	Has broken into someone else’s house, building, or car
	Often lies to obtain goods or favors or to avoid obligations (i.e., ‘cons’ others)
	Has stolen items of nontrivial value without confrontation (e.g., forgery)
	Often stays out at night despite parental prohibitions, beginning before age 13
	Has run away from home overnight
	Often truant from school