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 …

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) proposed the Research Domain Criteria
(RDoC) initiative as an alternate way to organize research of mental illnesses, by looking at …

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 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 …

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

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

For over 100 years, ADHD has been seen as essentially a behavior disorder. Recent
scientific research has developed a new paradigm which recognizes ADHD as a …

Irritability, defined as an increased propensity to exhibit increased anger relative to one's
peers, is a common clinical problem in youth. Irritability can be conceptualized as aberrant …

In preparation for the World Health Organization's development of the Eleventh Revision of
the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11) chapter …

Empathy and anger are two social emotions that modulate an individual's risk for
aggression. Empathy is an emotional reaction to another individual's emotional state. Anger …