A site with many links about defiant behavior disorders is Conduct Disorders . Be sure and check out the 'Parent Message Board'. If the problem is alcohol or other drug abuse or that is triggering pre-existing behavioral problems, a residential substance abuse treatment program is recommended. You cannot deal with a teen's other emotional problems, nor can they if they are self-medicating with alcohol, pot, cocaine, inhalants, crystal meth or other drugs until first they get clean and sober. After detox and rehab, it is important they keep in a 12-step recovery program like AA and NA where they learn new behavior and a new, disciplined, spiritual and honest way of dealing with themselves and others.
Depression can manifest as willfullness, lack of interest in school, rage.
Adolescent therapists are best able to recommend and treat in these instances. Still another possible cause of behavior in a teen is Attention Deficit Disorder or A.D.D. Below, you'll find information on it as well. Whatever the cause of your child's 'acting out,' it likely did not get to its present stage overnight and it won't go away overnight. Careful diagnosis and then equally careful assessment of treatment options or solutions will be required. It is also vital that you and other family members 'get healthy' as a whole family becomes afflicted when one of its members, child or adult, has a serious problem.