review of variability in dx criteria across Misophonia studies

Aazh (2026), in a systematic narrative review of seven CBT-for-misophonia studies, observed considerable heterogeneity in diagnostic approaches. These ranged from structured psychiatric interviews using the Schröder, Vulink and Denys (2013) criteria (Schröder et al., 2017; Jager et al., 2021), to study-specific structured interviews for youth (Lewin et al., 2021, 2026), clinical interviews in specialist psychology settings (McGuire, Wu and Storch, 2015), the Misophonia Questionnaire (Roushani and Mehrabizadeh Honarmand, 2021), and audiologist-led structured interviews requiring clinically significant distress or impairment (Aazh, Najjari and Moore, 2024). The author suggest that this variability may have influenced participant characteristics and outcomes , and that this should be considered when interpreting research findings (Aazh, 2026).