A Transdiagnostic Perspective on Youth Irritability. (October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Klein, Daniel N.; Dougherty, Lea R.; Kessel, Ellen M.; Silver, Jamilah; Carlson, Gabrielle A.
• Is Part Of: Current directions in psychological science. Volume 30:Number 5(2021)
• Page Start: 437
• Page End: 443
• Publication Date: 2021-10
• Subjects: irritability -- temper loss -- youth -- transdiagnostic; Psychology -- Periodicals; 150
• DOI: 10.1177/09637214211035101
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0963-7214

Abstract

Irritability is increasingly recognized as a significant clinical problem in youth. It is a criterion for multiple diagnoses and predicts the development of a wide range of disorders. Research on its etiology suggests that genetic and family environmental factors play a role, as do abnormalities in reward and cognitive-control neural circuitry. However, many of these effects are age dependent. Threat-responsive self-regulatory systems and the degree to which irritability is tonic or phasic influence whether irritable youth exhibit more internalizing or more externalizing outcomes.