APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Assessing Irritability As a Transdiagnostic Symptom in Youth’s Daily Lives
- Hannah Grassie
National Institute of Mental Health - Katharina Kircanski
National Institute of Mental Health - Ashley Smith
National Institute of Mental Health - Andrea Gold
Bradley Hospital - Marian Tanofsky-Kraff
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences - Scott Engel
Sanford Health - Ross Crosby
Sanford Health - Daniel Pine
National Institute of Mental Health - Ellen Leibenluft
National Institute of Mental Health - Melissa Brotman
National Institute of Mental Health
Abstract
We used ecological momentary assessment to study irritability in youth’s daily lives. Irritability emerged as transdiagnostic: disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) and anxiety disorders were both characterized by high levels of irritability. Youth with DMDD reported differentially more temper outbursts, whereas youth with anxiety disorders reported differentially more subjective frustration.
Psychopathology
