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Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020 Jan 29;60(2):286–295. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2019.12.008

TABLE 3.

Impact of Different Rules for Combining Irritable Mood and Temper Outburst Clinical Indicators and Impairment Requirements on Prevalence Rates of Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

	Irritable mood	Outbursts	AND rule	OR rule
No impairment requirement	2.41	0.9	1.63	4.94
At least 1 setting	1.80	0.70	1.46	3.96
At least 2 settings (optimal)	1.12	0.64	1.23	3.00
At least 3 settings	0.61	0.48	0.87	1.96
All 4 settings	0.17	0.17	0.53	0.87

Note: Boldface types indicates the optimal solution (impairment in at least 2 settings). Settings: 1 = impact on family life; 2 = impact on friendship; 3 = impact on learning; 4 = impact on leisure.