Rages or temper tantrums? The behavioral organization, temporal characteristics, and clinical significance of angry-agitated outbursts in child psychiatry inpatients

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 621-636

  Potegal, Michael ^a   Carlson, Gabrielle ^b   Margulies, David ^b   Gutkovitch, Zinoviy ^c   Wall, Melanie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Disruptive behavior; Emotion dysregulation; Sadness

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGITATION; ANGER; ANGRY AGITATED OUTBURST; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR AFFECTIVE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RAGE; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349232299     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-009-0148-7     Document Type: Article

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