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What is pathological demand avoidance – and how is it different to ‘acting out’?

By Nicole Rinehart, Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Director, Krongold Clinic (Research), Monash University
David Moseley, Senior Research Fellow, Deputy Director (Clinical), Monash Krongold Clinic, Monash University
Michael Gordon, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Monash University

Pathological demand avoidance isn’t listed in the diagnostic manuals clinicians use. But that doesn’t make it less distressing for children or families. What can help?

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