Irritability in children and adolescents: past concepts, current debates, and future opportunities

Fernanda Valle Krieger; Ellen Leibenluft; Argyris Stringaris; Guilherme V Polanczyk

doi:10.1590/1516-4446-2013-S107

Irritability in children and adolescents: past concepts, current debates, and future opportunities

Fernanda Valle Krieger^*, Ellen Leibenluft, Argyris Stringaris, Guilherme V Polanczyk

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Abstract

Irritability is defined as a low threshold to experience anger in response to frustration. It is one of the most common symptoms in youth and is part of the clinical presentation of several disorders. Irritability can present early in life and is a predictor of long-term psychopathology; yet, the diagnostic status of irritability is a matter of intense debate. In the present article, we address two main components of the debate regarding irritability in youth: the misdiagnosis of chronic irritability as pediatric bipolar disorder, and the proposal of a new diagnosis in the DSM-5, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, whose defining symptoms are chronic irritability and temper outbursts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S32-S39
Number of pages	8
Journal	Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
Volume	35
Issue number	Suppl. 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2013-S107
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Irritability
disruptive behavior
mood
dysregulation
children
adolescents
SEVERE MOOD DYSREGULATION
OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER
PEDIATRIC BIPOLAR DISORDER
LONGITUDINAL COURSE
CONTROLLED-TRIAL
YOUTH
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
CHILDHOOD
MANIA
PREVALENCE

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