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Researchers from Penn State reported that primary care physicians may have a harder time deciding if irritability is normal or not when compared to psychiatrists. They discovered that PCPs are more likely to treat with medicine right away while psychiatrists tend to use behavioral treatment first. Researchers are now calling for better guidelines and tools for PCPs to distinguish if irritability is normal or not in school aged children. Researchers want PCPs to realize when behavior is not normal or a sign of a mental health disorder.

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