The Irritability Questionnaire: A new scale for the measurement of irritability

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-375

  Craig, Kevin J ^a   Hietanen, Heidi ^b   Markova, Ivana S ^b   Berrios, German E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Irritable mood; Mood disorders; Psychiatric rating scales

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IRRITABILITY; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAREGIVERS; CONTROL GROUPS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOOD DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 43449128067     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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