Health & Medicinearticle2026-09-24

Irritability: what, who, how and why?

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Abstract

Irritability is a ubiquitous clinical phenomenon, and yet its definition and specific role within psychiatric disorders have long eluded the field. By understanding what irritability is, in whom it should be studied and how it should be modelled, new insights into the disorders within which it manifests may be gained.

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View paper (DOI)Open access versionOpenAlexThe British Journal of PsychiatryPublished 2026-09-24

Authors: Erica Bell, Kinga Szymaniak, Gurubhaskar Shivakumar, Gin S. Malhi

Institutions: North Shore Hospital, University of Oxford, Royal North Shore Hospital, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital