TY - JOUR
T1 - Irritability in pediatric patients
T2 - Normal or not?
AU - Hameed, Usman
AU - Dellasega, Cheryl A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The goal of this article is to describe the concept of irritability in children and youth, which has been revisited in the DSM-5. Traditionally, this behavior has been more commonly associated with mood disorders, which may account for the rising incidence of bipolar disorder diagnosis and overuse of mood-stabilizing medications in pediatric patients. While not predictive of mania, persistent nonepisodic irritability, if undetected, may escalate to violent behavior with potentially serious outcomes. It is therefore important to educate clinicians about how to accurately assess irritability in pediatric patients.
AB - The goal of this article is to describe the concept of irritability in children and youth, which has been revisited in the DSM-5. Traditionally, this behavior has been more commonly associated with mood disorders, which may account for the rising incidence of bipolar disorder diagnosis and overuse of mood-stabilizing medications in pediatric patients. While not predictive of mania, persistent nonepisodic irritability, if undetected, may escalate to violent behavior with potentially serious outcomes. It is therefore important to educate clinicians about how to accurately assess irritability in pediatric patients.
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U2 - 10.4088/PCC.15br01893
DO - 10.4088/PCC.15br01893
M3 - Article
C2 - 27486529
AN - SCOPUS:85014058971
SN - 1523-5998
VL - 18
JO - Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
JF - Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -