Lea R Dougherty1, Chelsey S Barrios1, Gabrielle A Carlson2, Daniel N Klein2,3. 1. 1 Department of Psychology, University of Maryland , College Park, Maryland. 2. 2 Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University School of Medicine , Stony Brook, New York. 3. 3 Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University , Stony Brook, New York.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify childhood factors that predict later psychiatric problems in children with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD). METHODS: The sample consisted of 36 6-year-old children who met criteria for DMDD who were followed up at 9 years of age. Child psychopathology was assessed at age 6 using the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA) and at age 9 using the Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia. We compared children with DMDD at age 6 who continued to have a psychiatric diagnosis at age 9 (n = 17) to children with DMDD at age 6 with no psychiatric diagnosis at age 9 (n = 19) across several age 6 predictors: child psychopathology, irritability and temperament, parenting, and maternal psychopathology. In addition, we examined whether children with DMDD at age 6 and no psychiatric diagnosis at age 9 continued to experience elevated psychiatric symptoms and impairment at age 9 compared to children with a non-DMDD diagnosis at age 6 and no psychiatric diagnosis at age 9 (n = 44) and children with no psychiatric diagnosis at age 6 or 9 (n = 266). RESULTS: The following variables predicted which children with DMDD at age 6 would have a psychiatric diagnosis at age 9: higher levels of externalizing symptoms, anger/frustration, headstrong/hurtful behaviors, functional impairment, and temperamental surgency and negative affect; lower levels of effortful control/executive functioning; and maternal depression. However, children with DMDD at age 6 and no psychiatric diagnosis at age 9 continued to demonstrate greater disruptive behavior disorder symptoms and impairment at age 9 compared to children with no psychiatric diagnosis at age 6 or 9. CONCLUSIONS: These findings identify factors predicting later psychopathology in children with DMDD. In addition, we found that the subgroup of children with DMDD at age 6 but no psychiatric diagnosis at age 9 continued to evidence symptomatology and impairment 3 years later.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify childhood factors that predict later psychiatric problems in children with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD). METHODS: The sample consisted of 36 6-year-old children who met criteria for DMDD who were followed up at 9 years of age. Child psychopathology was assessed at age 6 using the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA) and at age 9 using the Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia. We compared children with DMDD at age 6 who continued to have a psychiatric diagnosis at age 9 (n = 17) to children with DMDD at age 6 with no psychiatric diagnosis at age 9 (n = 19) across several age 6 predictors: child psychopathology, irritability and temperament, parenting, and maternal psychopathology. In addition, we examined whether children with DMDD at age 6 and no psychiatric diagnosis at age 9 continued to experience elevated psychiatric symptoms and impairment at age 9 compared to children with a non-DMDD diagnosis at age 6 and no psychiatric diagnosis at age 9 (n = 44) and children with no psychiatric diagnosis at age 6 or 9 (n = 266). RESULTS: The following variables predicted which children with DMDD at age 6 would have a psychiatric diagnosis at age 9: higher levels of externalizing symptoms, anger/frustration, headstrong/hurtful behaviors, functional impairment, and temperamental surgency and negative affect; lower levels of effortful control/executive functioning; and maternal depression. However, children with DMDD at age 6 and no psychiatric diagnosis at age 9 continued to demonstrate greater disruptive behavior disorder symptoms and impairment at age 9 compared to children with no psychiatric diagnosis at age 6 or 9. CONCLUSIONS: These findings identify factors predicting later psychopathology in children with DMDD. In addition, we found that the subgroup of children with DMDD at age 6 but no psychiatric diagnosis at age 9 continued to evidence symptomatology and impairment 3 years later.
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