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This article historically outlines the clinical diagnosis of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD). Based on the genealogical method, this diagnostic category is denaturalized and recontextualized in its origin. The concept of mood dysregulation is analyzed from the Childhood Behavior Checklist scale (CBCL), its identification as a childhood bipolar disorder, subsequent transformation in the diagnosis of DMDD and subsequent criticism of it, with the proposal of encompassing the symptoms of mood dysregulation humor in childhood into the diagnosis of oppositional defiant disorder. As an alternative, the article suggests that irritable mood in childhood is a primary affective state, thus, constituting a primary organic predisposition. Emotional regulation, on the other hand, is an adaptive construction, which is modeled throughout life, generating diverse subjective presentations.
Keywords:
Mood dysregulation; psychiatry; diagnosis; childhood
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