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Originally posted by ladysycamore
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry defines the condition as an ongoing pattern of uncooperative, defiant and hostile behavior toward authority figures that seriously interferes with day-to-day functioning."[/i]
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"Oppositional defiant disorder" is IMO something they cribbed right out of Soviet mental institutions -- it's a medicalization of disobedience.
As for the statement she signed, I wouldn't put too much weight onto it -- it's quite likely they physically prevented her from leaving the hospital until she signed, which makes the signature under duress.