Hello mums I'm in need of help my eldest son whom is 8 this year has been getting worse and worse with his attitude he always seems so depressed and lashes out over nothing he has been like this since the age of 3 for example when he was 3 and his younger brother aged 1 were watching a tv show his younger brother wouldn't sit so he decided to wrap the wii cable around his brothers neck and drag him down since then he has had worsening anger out bursts out gp questioned odd he went to early intervention but because all the attention was on him they did not notice anything and put it down to sibling rivalry since then age 4 he did calm down a fair bit then age 5 started again with the anger and all the symptoms of odd well 90% of them I guess my question is how do mums deal with this I have no idea how to deal with this I have tried everything I can think of please help
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I found for my son (although not ODD) I got the most benefit from interventions that taught me how to cope, teach him to manage in the home environment, teach me to stop things getting out of hand and manage when they did. This type of service is offered by child psychologists in Australia. Teaching a child in an intervention environment like a centre doesn't always translate so a psychologist who teaches you how to do the intervention at home is invaluable. Good luck
Ask you gp for a refferal to a psychiatrist one for kids then you will be able to hopefully get an answer and ways of coping for you, him and the rest of the family.