Objective Research and clinical interest in irritability have been on the rise in recent years.
Yet several questions remain about the status of irritability in psychiatry, including whether …

Although irritability is among the most common reasons that children and adolescents are
brought for psychiatric care, there are few effective treatments. Developmentally sensitive …

Background: Irritable mood has recently become a matter of intense scientific interest. Here,
we present data from two samples, one from the United States and the other from the United …

Results Rates of unipolar depression are low before puberty, but rise from the early teens,
especially among girls. Concurrent comorbidity with both disruptive and emotional disorders …

Objective No empirical studies on the DSM-5 proposed disruptive mood dysregulation
disorder have yet been published. This study estimated prevalence, comorbidity, and …

Background Irritability is one of the most common reasons for referral to child and
adolescent mental health services and is the main characteristic of the new diagnosis of …

Hierarchical dimensional systems of psychopathology promise more informative
descriptions for understanding risk and predicting outcome than traditional diagnostic …

Chronic, severe irritability is common in childhood and is very impairing. Furthermore,
childhood irritability predicts suicidality, social impairment, and depressive and anxiety …

Background 'Optimal outcomes' of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders may mean the
best possible outcome, or the best considering a child's history. Most research into the …

Irritability is a common and impairing clinical presentation in children and adolescents.
Despite its significant public health impact, irritability remains an elusive construct. Chronic …