Practitioner Review: Emotional dysregulation in attention ‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder – implications for clinical recognition and intervention

ConclusionsEmotional symptoms in ADHD cause clinically significant impairments. Although there is a solid theoretical rationale for considering EI and DESR to be core symptoms of ADHD, there is no consensus about how to define these constructs sin a manner that would be specific to the disorder. An instrument to measure EI and DESR which demarcates them from irritability and other emotional symptoms could improve the accuracy of diagnostic criteria for ADHD.

Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry - April 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Stephen V. Faraone, Anthony L. Rostain, Joseph Blader, Betsy Busch, Ann C. Childress, Daniel F. Connor, Jeffrey H. Newcorn Tags: Practitioner Review Source Type: research