DSM-5: Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder

A review of Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, a new disorder in the DSM-5

Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD)  is a new disorder that has been added to the mood disorders category in the Fifth Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders to distinguish chronic non-periodic irritability from periodic irritability of bipolar disorder. The main feature of DMDD is chronic and severe irritability. Since it is a new diagnostic entity, not much research h...

DSM-5 disruptive mood dysregulation disorder: correlates and predictors in young children.

BACKGROUND Despite the inclusion of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) in DSM-5, little empirical data exist on the disorder. We estimated rates, co-morbidity, correlates and early childhood predictors of DMDD in a community sample of 6-year-olds. METHOD DMDD was assessed in 6-year-old children (n = 462) using a parent-reported structured clinical interview. Age 6 years correlates ...

An empirically based alternative to DSM-5's disruptive mood dysregulation disorder for ICD-11.

Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder: current insights

Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) was introduced as a new diagnostic entity under the category of depressive disorders in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). It was included in DSM-5 primarily to address concerns about the misdiagnosis and consequent overtreatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. DMDD does provide a home for ...

The History, Diagnosis and Treatment of Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder was newly included as a diagnostic category in Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders fifth edition (DSM-5), but the knowledge about it in the clinical practice field is still limited. Therefore, the aim of the present article is to introduce this diagnostic category's history, key points of diagnosis, treatment and its impact on clinical pr...