Disruptive Behavior

This chapter presents a case of a 6-year-old boy who is presented in the primary care office with her mother with concerns about his increasingly disruptive behavior at home. He had some initial feeding issues as an infant with excessive irritability causing multiple formula changes. Since then he has had no food allergies or intolerances and eats a fairly well-balanced diet with the exception of excessive juice consumption. The chapter also provides essential guidance and information for understanding how to diagnose and manage this case. This includes differential diagnosis and a series of critical thinking questions ideal for the family nurse practitioner.