2024
Irritability in Youths: A Critical Integrative Review
Leibenluft E, Allen L, Althoff R, Brotman M, Burke J, Carlson G, Dickstein D, Dougherty L, Evans S, Kircanski K, Klein D, Malone E, Mazefsky C, Nigg J, Perlman S, Pine D, Roy A, Salum G, Shakeshaft A, Silver J, Stoddard J, Thapar A, Tseng W, Vidal-Ribas P, Wakschlag L, Stringaris A. Irritability in Youths: A Critical Integrative Review. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2024, 181: 275-290. PMID: 38419494, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20230256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderPathophysiology of irritabilityResponse to frustrationParent management trainingTreating psychological problemsDeficit hyperactivity disorderAutism spectrum disorderPrevalence of irritabilityAssociated with impairmentDiverse longitudinal sampleAssociated with increased risk of anxietyRisk of anxietyYouth irritabilityAnxiety disordersTreating irritabilityHyperactivity disorderBehavior problemsSpectrum disorderDevelopmental trajectoriesAssess irritabilityPsychological problemsLongitudinal sampleImpact of cultural contextTranslational findingsSuicide
2021
Neural correlates of extinguished threat recall underlying the commonality between pediatric anxiety and irritability
Tseng WL, Abend R, Gold AL, Brotman MA. Neural correlates of extinguished threat recall underlying the commonality between pediatric anxiety and irritability. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2021, 295: 920-929. PMID: 34706463, PMCID: PMC8554134, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh negative affectivityNegative affectivityThreat appraisalPediatric anxietyAnxiety disordersThreat-safety discriminationWhole-brain activationLinear mixed effects analysisNegative affectivity factorExtinction recallThreat conditioningThreat contingenciesElevated irritabilityNeural correlatesTransdiagnostic sampleGreater prefrontalOccipital activationUnique varianceExplicit recallThreat responsesFMRI paradigmNeural mechanismsTask conditionsAmygdala connectivityMixed effects analysisFunctional connectivity during frustration: a preliminary study of predictive modeling of irritability in youth
Scheinost D, Dadashkarimi J, Finn ES, Wambach CG, MacGillivray C, Roule AL, Niendam TA, Pine DS, Brotman MA, Leibenluft E, Tseng WL. Functional connectivity during frustration: a preliminary study of predictive modeling of irritability in youth. Neuropsychopharmacology 2021, 46: 1300-1306. PMID: 33479511, PMCID: PMC8134471, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-020-00954-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional connectivityAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderCognitive flexibility taskDisruptive mood dysregulation disorderAffective Reactivity IndexLevels of irritabilityPreliminary fMRI studyCognitive flexibilityFlexibility taskIndividual differencesTransdiagnostic sampleFrontal networkFMRI studyHyperactivity disorderTask difficultyNeural mechanismsParent reportAnxiety symptomsSalience networkAnxiety disordersFrustrative nonrewardDimensional measuresPreliminary evidenceReactivity indexChild psychiatry
2020
Editorial: A Transdiagnostic Symptom Requires a Transdiagnostic Approach: Neural Mechanisms of Pediatric Irritability
Tseng WL. Editorial: A Transdiagnostic Symptom Requires a Transdiagnostic Approach: Neural Mechanisms of Pediatric Irritability. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2020, 59: 1327-1329. PMID: 32966839, PMCID: PMC8143431, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.09.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisruptive mood dysregulation disorderAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderOppositional defiant disorderLong-term impairmentDSM-5 categoriesPediatric disordersHigh suicidalityAnxiety disordersHyperactivity disorderDisordersIrritabilityDefiant disorderHallmark featurePediatric irritabilityTransdiagnostic symptomsNeural mechanismsTransdiagnostic approachAutism spectrum disorderChild psychiatrySpectrum disorder
2013
A Systems Neuroscience Approach to the Pathophysiology of Pediatric Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Tseng WL, Leibenluft E, Brotman MA. A Systems Neuroscience Approach to the Pathophysiology of Pediatric Mood and Anxiety Disorders. 2013, 16: 297-317. PMID: 24281907, PMCID: PMC4482127, DOI: 10.1007/7854_2013_252.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric moodAnxiety disordersFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) researchSystems neuroscience approachMagnetic resonance imaging researchNeuroscience approachEmotional dysregulationNeural mechanismsBehavioral findingsCore featuresImaging researchMoodFuture researchPotential novel treatmentDisordersNovel treatmentsResearchBrainFindingsChapterPathophysiologyRelationshipDysregulationAbnormalities