1.   Among the many behavioral disorders are attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, depression, separation problems, eating disorders, and oppositional and defiant behavior.

2.   Adoption is difficult, she explains, because many children suffer from chronic illnesses or behavioral disorders because of the treatment they received before entering the shelter.

3.   Hence, boys may well suffer disproportionately from behavioral disorders for reasons unrelated to cultural expectations.

4.   Her mother had a history of behavioral disorders and drug abuse.

5.   Imprinted genes are linked with cancer, as well as autism and other behavioral disorders.

6.   Recent studies suggest links between taster status and behavioral disorders.

7.   She has been on Depakote, an anticonvulsant prescribed for epileptics and people with behavioral disorders.

8.   Some behavioral disorders have a physical cause.

9.   The answer is a rare and little understood behavioral disorder known as selective mutism.

10.   The real challenge, contend Drs. Lamm and Blackburn, will be getting the public to reject the notion of obesity as a personality or behavioral disorder.