Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder: a new disease. A case report

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2013-12-12

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Rodríguez Quiroga, A., & Pelaz Antolín, A. (2013). Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder: a new disease. A case report. Revista De Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil, 30(4), 44–48. Retrieved from https://aepnya.eu/index.php/revistaaepnya/article/view/248

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 4 (2013)

Section

Case reports

Authors

  • Alberto Rodríguez Quiroga Hospital Clínico San Carlos
  • Antonio Pelaz Antolín Hospital Clínico San Carlos

Keywords:

Mood dysregulation syndrome, bipolar disorder, irritability

Abstract

Mood dysregulation is a term used to refer to a poorly modulated emotional response not falling within the features conventionally accepted for them. Severe mood dysregulation appears as a way to classify children with episodes of irritability whose symptoms do not fit the diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Its appearance in childhood is associated with anxiety disorders and unipolar depression in adulthood and is characterized mainly by the presence of severe and recurrent tantrums in response to common stressors. The treatment of choice is cognitive behavioral therapy, constituting the therapeutic target repetitive thoughts. We present an illustrative case of this syndrome, in which an eleven year old male patient has frequent episodes of tantrums. After the introduction of valproate treatment and cognitive behavioral techniques, he presents significant improvement of the symptoms.

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Author Biographies

Alberto Rodríguez Quiroga, Hospital Clínico San Carlos

MIR de Psiquiatría del Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid
Correspondencia:
alberto_rodriguezquiroga@yahoo.com
Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Instituto de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental.
C/ Profesor Martín Lagos S/N, 28040 Madrid

 

Antonio Pelaz Antolín, Hospital Clínico San Carlos

Psiquiatra Infantil del Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid

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