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Depression and Irritability

November 2, 2021

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The mood we identify most with depression is sadness, feeling down. But in some depressed children and teenagers the mood is more irritable — quick to anger — than sad. And other kids with depression alternate between being sad and being irritable.

This week on childmind.org we explore what this irritable mood associated with depression looks like. Given that teenagers are famously quick to anger anyway, how is this different from typical teenage testiness? And how does it compare to the severe tantrums characteristic of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder? Finally, we round up information about treatment for depression, which includes both medication and therapy and can be very effective.

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