Threat-anticipatory defensive responses have evolved to promote survival in a dynamic
world. While inherently adaptive, aberrant expression of defensive responses to potential …

Objective Impairing emotional outbursts, defined by extreme anger or distress in response to
relatively ordinary frustrations and disappointments, impact all mental health care systems …

Family accommodation describes changes that individuals make to their behavior, to help
their relative who is dealing with a psychiatric and/or psychological disorder (s), avoid or …

Anxiety-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) effectively reduces anxiety in children
and adolescents. An important remaining question is to what extent anxiety-focused CBT …

Accommodation refers to the ways in which family members act to alleviate a child's
symptoms and distress. In the context of youth obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and …

Family accommodation describes changes that family members make to their own behavior,
to help their relative who is dealing with psychopathology, and to avoid or alleviate distress …

Background Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorders among children in
the United States; yet many children do not receive treatment due to barriers to treatment …

Recognition of the importance of irritable mood and outbursts has been increasing over the
past several decades. This “Future Directions” aims to develop a set of recommendations for …

Abstract The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in
Children and Adolescents (UP-C and UP-A) are evidence-based treatment programs with …

Objective: Existing measures of irritability rarely distinguish phasic and tonic forms, despite
their different clinical implications. We developed the Emotional Outburst Inventory (EMO-I) …