Intermittent Explosive Disorder

Intermittent Explosive Disorder: Etiology, Assessment, and Treatment provides a complete overview on this disorder, focusing on its etiology, how the disorder presents, and the clinical assessment and treatment methods currently available. The book presents the history of the disorder, discusses the rationale for its inclusion in the DSM, and includes diagnostic considerations, comorbidity, epidemiology, intervention, and how treatments have evolved. Each section is bolstered by clinical case material that provides real-world context and clinical lessons on how to distinguish intermittent explosive disorder from other presentations of aggression.

• Synthesizes the current knowledge on the etiology, assessment and treatment of intermittent explosive disorder
• Covers epidemiology and future directions
• Discusses cross-cultural differences in anger expression and how this impacts diagnosis
• Explores age-related and developmental considerations in diagnosis and expression
• Assesses pharmacological, psychosocial, and combined treatment therapies

Academics in psychology, social work, and psychiatry; clinical psychologists, mental health workers (including psychiatrists, mental health nurses); psychology students in clinical psychology

1. Phenomology, Epidemiology, and Consequences of IED
2. Co-Morbidity of IED and Diagnostic Considerations
3. Developmental Issues
4. Neurotransmitter/Modulators in Aggression and IED
5. Behavioral and Molecular Genetics of IED
6. Neuroimaging and IED
7. Physical and Medical Risk Correlates
8. Psychological Trauma
9. Impulsivity and Affect Regulation
10. Social Cognition
11. Self/Other Directed Aggression and Anger
12. Integrated Model for IED
13. Assessing Aggression as a Clinical Disorder
14. Forensic Considerations
15. Pharmacological Treatment
16. Psychosocial Interventions
17. Conclusion and Future Directions