Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
Introduction Faced with a possible overdiagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents, a new diagnosis has been created in the mental illness classification system. This new diagnosis is named Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder. Objectives We propose to carry out a bibliographic r...
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Introduction
Faced with a possible overdiagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents, a new diagnosis has been created in the mental illness classification system. This new diagnosis is named Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder.
Objectives
We propose to carry out a bibliographic review on the new diagnostic category of Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder.
Methods
We present the clinical case of a 10-year-old boy showing severe irritability symptoms.
Results
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder refers to persistent irritability and frequent episodes of extreme behavioral disturbance in children up to 12 years of age. Onset must occur before 10 years of age and the diagnosis should not be applied to children under 6 years of age. The clinical course of these patients in adolescence and adulthood tends towards unipolar depressive disorders or anxiety disorders rather than bipolar disorders.
Conclusions
The new diagnosis of Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder allows us to differentiate between the classic episodic presentations of mania from the non-episodic ones of severe irritability.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f280f982b74f4cfd9d8c7a0e9edf7a802023-11-17T05:07:07ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852021-04-0164S630S63110.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1677Disruptive mood dysregulation disorderP. Hervias Higueras0Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario del Henares, Coslada, Madrid., Spain Introduction Faced with a possible overdiagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents, a new diagnosis has been created in the mental illness classification system. This new diagnosis is named Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder. Objectives We propose to carry out a bibliographic review on the new diagnostic category of Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder. Methods We present the clinical case of a 10-year-old boy showing severe irritability symptoms. Results Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder refers to persistent irritability and frequent episodes of extreme behavioral disturbance in children up to 12 years of age. Onset must occur before 10 years of age and the diagnosis should not be applied to children under 6 years of age. The clinical course of these patients in adolescence and adulthood tends towards unipolar depressive disorders or anxiety disorders rather than bipolar disorders. Conclusions The new diagnosis of Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder allows us to differentiate between the classic episodic presentations of mania from the non-episodic ones of severe irritability. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821016771/type/journal_articleDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorderbipolar disorderChildren and Adolescents |
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