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

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Krieger, Fernanda Valle ^a,b,c   Leibenluft, Ellen ^d   Stringaris, Argyris ^c   Polanczyk, Guilherme V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b National Science and Technology Institute   (Brazil)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Disruptive behavior; Dysregulation; Irritability; Mood

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGITATION; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISTRACTIBILITY; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FRUSTRATION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84889657680     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2013-S107     Document Type: Article

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