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DMDD Diagnosis Controversy
There are two main concerns regarding the legitimacy of DMDD. The first is that there is a lack of construct validity for the new definition. Currently, there is not enough research on either side to abate this concern. The next concern is the potential consequences for defining a disorder that has unknown treatment parameters. Also, the criteria for a DMDD diagnosis in the DSM-5 was based on the Severe Mood Dysregulation (SMD) research definition, which has stricter requirements for diagnosis. Due to the uncertainty and novelty of DMDD, many epidemiological studies discussing the prevalence of the disorder based diagnosis off of SMD requirements.