A Short-Term Longitudinal Study of the Brain Mechanisms of Childhood Irritability

We are recruiting children and adolescents ages 8 to 15 to participate in an fMRI study to help us understand why some youths are more easily frustrated and irritable than others and how this is related to their brain function. We also aim to study whether and how brain function can be used to predict later outcomes. Therefore, participants will be invited back to our lab for two follow-up visits 6 months and 12 months after the brain scan for clinical evaluation and assessment.