pediatrics
Overview of Behavioral Problems in Children
Introduction
Many behaviors exhibited by children or adolescents concern parents or other adults. Behaviors or behavioral patterns become clinically significant if they are frequent or persistent and maladaptive, for example, they interfere with emotional maturation or social and cognitive functioning. Severe behavioral problems may be classified as Overview of Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents (eg, Prevalence rates vary according to how behavioral problems are defined and measured. (See also Introduction to Problems in Adolescents .) 