Swedish health agency report finds children with behavioural disorders often misdiagnosed

A new report from Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare reveals many children with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder fail to receive correct diagnoses in the healthcare system, public broadcaster SVT reports.

The agency’s medical expert on child psychiatry, Anne-Katrin Kantzer, will address the issue in a live chat at 12:00 local time today, taking questions from the public about diagnostic challenges.

The report underscores persistent gaps in identifying and treating behavioural disorders in children, though further details on its findings were not immediately provided.