Adult Outcomes of Youth Irritability: A 20-Year Prospective Community-Based Study

Argyris Stringaris, Patricia Cohen, Daniel S. Pine, Ellen Leibenluft

American Journal of Psychiatry · 2009 · 470 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

Youth irritability as reported by parents is a specific predictor of self-reported depressive and anxiety disorders 20 years later. The role of irritability in developmental psychiatry, and in the pathophysiology of mood and anxiety disorders specifically, should receive further study.

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