Especially important for consideration by newer Church of the
SubGenius member. You will NEED to know this, TRUST me. Not NAMING
anyone in particular, you understand; just trying to HELP, YOU
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE, NARCISSISTIC LITTLE PRICK! Thenkyoo.
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"People think it's bad behavior and that you just need an attitude
adjustment, but what they don't know ... is that there's a biology and
cognitive science to this," said Dr. Emil Coccaro, chairman of
psychiatry at the University of Chicago's medical school.
Road rage, temper outbursts that involve throwing or breaking objects
and even spousal abuse can sometimes be attributed to the disorder,
though not everyone who does those things is afflicted.
By definition, intermittent explosive disorder involves multiple
outbursts that are way out of proportion to the situation. These angry
outbursts often include threats or aggressive actions and property
damage. The disorder typically first appears in adolescence; in the
study, the average age of onset was 14.
The study was based on a national face-to-face survey of 9,282 U.S.
adults who answered diagnostic questionnaires in 2001-03. It was funded
by the National Institute of Mental Health.
About 5 percent to 7 percent of the nationally representative sample
had had the disorder, which would equal up to 16 million Americans. That
is higher than better-known mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and
bipolar disorder, Coccaro said.
The average number of lifetime attacks per person was 43, resulting in
$1,359 in property damage per person. About 4 percent had suffered
recent attacks.
The findings were released Monday in the June issue of the Archives of
General Psychiatry.
The findings show the little-studied disorder is much more common than
previously thought, said lead author Ronald Kessler, a health care
policy professor at Harvard Medical School.
"It is news to a lot of people even who are specialists in mental
health services that such a large proportion of the population has these
clinically significant anger attacks," Kessler said.
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