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Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

P. Hervias Higueras
P. Hervias Higueras*
Affiliation:
Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario del Henares, Coslada, Madrid., Spain

Abstract

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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.

Keywords

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorderbipolar disorderChildren and Adolescents
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S630 - S631
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