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Jun 6
Road Rage..? Not Anymore....It's Now Intermittent Explosive Disorder

 
Have you ever seen a person jump into a rage over what may seem like a minor frustration… to others at work? A new study integrates biology scream.jpg and cognitive science to describe why some people throw objects, break furniture or shake a fist as other drivers who cut them off. In the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, the study reports 16 million Americans, which is far more than originally suspected, suffer from what is called intermittent explosive disorder (IED).

The IED study was conducted by Harvard Medical School questioned 9,282 adults, and concluded that 7.3 percent of 's population suffers from intermittent explosive disorder (IED). That’s up from a previous study conducted in 2004 found that only 4 percent of the population suffered from the disorder. Any ideas about reasons for the increase…?

The average number of outbursts over the lifetime was said to be 43, resulting in $1,359 worth of damage, according to the Associated Press.

People who suffer from IED, are often given a prescribed
serotonin reuptake inhibitors, as well as mood stabilizers… and cognitive-behavioral therapy is usually recommended.

Next time you see a person who shows road rage … you could be looking into the angry face of a person who suffers from intermittent explosive disorder. What do you think?


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» Intermittent Explosive Disorder My Eye (Which Ought To Give You A Clue About What I Think Of Intermittent Explosive Disorder) from CoreCharacter
Dr. Ellen Weber, BrainBasedBusiness, asked what I think about Intermittent Explosive Disorder and why there is an increase in people who have it. I’m not a doctor, but IED appears to be people with tempers blowing their tops and breaking... [Read More]

Ellen, you asked what I think, so here you are.

I believe that this study is flawed in a number of ways. Rather than a diagnoses for each patient, the researchers relied on client reports of angry outbursts.So far, the American Psychiatric Association does not accept these findings.
As a major anger management provider, I have seen hundreds of court referred anger management clients over a ten year period. Only two would meet this criteria.

Thanks for stopping by George, and thanks for another perspective. Your response reminds me why I value blogging -- because it allows different perspectives from many talented experts! In that way readers can look at the facts in new ways -- because people like you weigh in with unique angles we'd miss otherwise. Personally, I appreciate people like you who provide interventions to help people with this growing problem of anger, and I also value the reports based on people's own perspective of their reactions (as long as these are upfront about that as this study was). It's always good to look through a variety of lenses ... and you have reminded us to do just that -- thanks for your generosity in showing us another side of an important topic!

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