Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder: a new diagnosis in the DSM-5.
This article explores a new diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.)-disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD). Frequent comorbidities of DMDD include oppositional defiant disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The evolution of DMDD and how this diagnostic category may remedy an overdiagnosis of pediatric bipolar disorder are discussed.
Karmie
K
Johnson
Teena M
TM
McGuinness
D000293:Adolescent; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods