THIS LECTURE IS AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY.
Join James Waxmonsky, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Penn State College of Medicine, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for this free Virtual Wednesday @ Sheppard Pratt lecture.
This presentation will focus on the assessment and treatment of irritability in children with ADHD and Disruptive Behavioral Disorders. Irritability conceptualized as the propensity for anger and it often manifests as intense emotional outbursts. It is one of the most common reasons that children present for behavioral health care with up to 50 % of children with ADHD manifesting impairing levels of irritability. This lecture will review key aspects to a structured assessment of irritability and synthesize the current evidence base for the psychosocial and pharmacological treatment of it in children with ADHD in order to aide attendees in developing systematic methods for the assessment and management of irritability in youth with ADHD.
At the conclusion of this activity, attendees will be able to:
- Outline the key aspects of assessing irritability in youth.
- Describe key components of efficacious psychosocial treatments for irritability in youth with ADHD.
- Discuss the evidence base for the pharmacological treatment of irritability in youth with ADHD.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
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