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Preschool children can have DMDD: DSM changes in the offing?
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30508
Subject(s) - psychology , identification (biology) , mood , dsm 5 , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , biology , botany
Children under the age of 6 cannot be diagnosed with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) under current DSM criteria. Researchers recently published a framework for early childhood DMDD that can result in earlier identification of the disorder.