It has been shown in recently conducted studies that more folks are affected by enraged outbursts that was previously thought. 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. There was about ten percent of this group that reported experiences of additional outbursts at leat three times in their life. 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. There are many ways to treat this type of disorder and this 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. Therefore the Physicians advocate the consumption of drugs used for depression called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Most people are misdiagnosed as psychiatric illness instead of anger disorder.
There is still many things that we don't understand 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. Folks may start to disturb opther peoples day and this ends up affecting everyone. Sometimes the person attacks somebody and the victim has to be admitted to the hospital, for example. In addition the persons health is also affected who has anger disorder. Let us cut to the chase and say that anger disorders (IED) can be treated with professional help and medication.
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