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Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder in ICD-11: a new disorder or ODD with a specifier for chronic irritability?

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The research leading to these results is funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under Grant Agreement No 602407. The funding sources had no role in the writing of the manuscript or the decision to submit it for publication. There was no payment received by any of the authors to write this article by a pharmaceutical company or other agency. The corresponding author, FDZ, had final responsibility for the decision to submit the publication, and all co-authors agreed with this and the final version of the manuscript.

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  1. Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Australia

    K. C. Runions

  2. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway (M561), Crawley, Perth, WA, 6840, Australia

    R. M. Stewart, J. Moore, Y. Martinez Ladino, P. Rao & F. D. Zepf

  3. Specialised Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Department of Health in Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

    F. D. Zepf

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FDZ was the recipient of an unrestricted award donated by the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, and AstraZeneca (Young Minds in Psychiatry Award). He has also received research support from the German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, the European Union, the German Society for Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, the Paul and Ursula Klein Foundation, the Dr. August Scheidel Foundation, the IZKF Fund of the University Hospital of RWTH Aachen University, and a travel stipend donated by the GlaxoSmithKline Foundation. He is the recipient of an unrestricted educational grant, travel support and speaker honoraria by Shire Pharmaceuticals, Germany. In addition, he has received support from the Raine Foundation for Medical Research (Raine Visiting Professorship), and editorial fees from Co-Action Publishing (Sweden). The other authors have nothing to report or to disclose.

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Runions, K.C., Stewart, R.M., Moore, J. et al. Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder in ICD-11: a new disorder or ODD with a specifier for chronic irritability?. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 25, 331–332 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-015-0789-y

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