Several controversies surround differentiation between socially maladjusted and seriously emotionally disturbed. Central to controversy is interpretation of social maladjustment as restricted to include socialized aggressive and adjudicated delinquents or broadened to include Conduct Disorders, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and antisocial personality. Proposes intermediate position, arguing for inclusion of socialized aggressive and unsocialized aggressive under rubric of socially maladjusted. (Author/NB)