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New studies show that more people are affected by
explosive outbursts of uncontrollable rage than previous.
More than 7% of people in the US
are experiencing this anger disorder known as "intermittent
explosive disorder". It means they respond to certain
situations with anger in appropriately at some time in their
life. Anger disorder is highly prevalent in people younger than
25 years of age. About 10% of this age group reported extra
outbursts at least three times in their lifetime. The average
age for this disorder may be 14 years of age.
There may be many more cases than this as many people don't
want to talk about it. Some doctors also avoid discussing these
things with their clients because they are not sure they can
treat such disorders. But there are number of ways the disorder
can be treated and the number of ways is increasing.
Psychotherapy is one way in which patient is asked to
deconstruct the root causes of their anger. Previous studies
have suggested that violent, aggressive outbursts are due to
decreased levels of serotonin in frontal parts of their brains.
So the doctors prescribe antidepressant drugs known as
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Most people are
misdiagnosed as psychiatric illness instead of anger disorder.
Much is still unclear about anger disorder or IED. Now new
studies show that IED starts at early age of adolescence. So if
it is possible to treat anger during the teen years, it might
reduce an individual's risk of developing other mental health
problems later in life.
Repeated instances of unprovoked anger can be a serious
mental health problem. If you see somebody experiencing
uncontrollable anger you may come to know that he or she has
not been treated or even diagnosed. You may not want to suggest
this to the person as he will not be happy, more important is
to help him. Hence it is worth to dare to suggest it. As such
when condition becomes better understood, more and more
patients and physicians become aware of the disorder and more
opportunities for treatment will emerge.
If not attended at early period IED may be destructive.
People may disturb others life and this affects everybody.
Sometimes the person attacks somebody and the victim has to be
admitted to the hospital, for example. And this also affects
the health of the person who has anger disorder. In short, IED
or anger disorder can be treated with medications and
counseling.
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