Irritability

excitatory ability that living organisms have to respond to changes in their environment

Irritability is when a living organisms has a negative response to changes in their environment such as annoyance. Reactions can include pain, anger and unhappiness.[1] This can also be a symptom of a mental illness.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Vidal-Ribas, Pablo; Brotman, Melissa A.; Valdivieso, Isabel; Leibenluft, Ellen; Stringaris, Argyris (2016). "The Status of Irritability in Psychiatry: A Conceptual and Quantitative Review". Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 55 (7): 556–570. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2016.04.014. ISSN 0890-8567. PMC 4927461. PMID 27343883.