DSM-IV-TR › Disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence › Attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders › Disruptive behavior disorder not otherwise specified 

312.9 Disruptive Behavior Disorder Not Otherwise Specified

This category is for disorders characterized by conduct or oppositional defiant behaviors that do not meet the criteria for Conduct Disorder or Oppositional Defiant Disorder. For example, include clinical presentations that do not meet full criteria either for Oppositional Defiant Disorder or Conduct Disorder, but in which there is clinically significant impairment.

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