Irritability in Pediatric Psychopathology

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Thistimely volume explores anger symptomatology in children and adolescents. Currently one of the most common reasons for pediatric referral for psychological evaluation, irritability is a common symptom in multiple disordersThe essays examine and report on how irritability presents itself across many disorders; consider potential long-term consequences; and make recommendations for treatment. This book will be most useful to clinicians, though select essays may be useful to scholars of development psychology. * CHOICE * A state-of-the-science book on pediatric irritability by leading experts in the field.While irritability is a common referral complaint that brings parents and children to mental health professionals, much needs to be understood about its significance across mood and behavioral disorders. This book provides a valuable and needed resource to guide assessment and treatment. * Mary K. Alvord, PhD, Director, Alvord, Baker & Associates and co-author of Conquer Negative Thinking for Teens and Resilience Builder Program for Children and Adolescents * Irritability is finally getting the scientific attention it deserves. This book provides the latest translational perspective on this dimension of human behavior from the fields of child psychiatry, clinical neuroscience, and developmental psychopathology. It will be valuable to researchers, but it will also have a place for helping clinicians and informed parents to understand a critical feature of psychopathology. * Erika E. Forbes, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, Pediatrics, and Clinical & Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh * The complex transdiagnostic manifestations of pediatric irritability are superbly addressed in this landmark compilation of perspectives by the leaders in the field. This incomparable resource on what is currently known delineates the research agendas in epidemiology, phenomenology, assessment, neuroimaging, genetics, and therapeutics over the next decade. Essential reading for all clinicians and investigators focused on the mental health of children and adolescents. * F. Xavier Castellanos, MD, Brooke and Daniel Neidich Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone *