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INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE DISORDER
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curmudgeon
Jun 23, 2006, 8:42:32 PM6/23/06
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Road rage is not only more commonplace than anyone suspects - it's not
limited to the road.
As many as 16 million Americans suffer from a disorder that causes them to
erupt in screaming, sometimes violent outbursts at the slightest
provocation, a new survey of more than 9,000 adults has concluded.
Researchers say about 4 percent of the adult population has Intermittent
Explosive Disorder, defined as a pattern of explosive outbursts in response
to everyday frustrations,
People with IED cause injury to other people and to property, most commonly
in the form of road rage, acts of revenge, and domestic abuse.
"They often say that their anger goes from Zero to 100," psychologist
Michael McCoskey tells *New Scientist*.
The survey found that Americans with more extreme form of the disorder have
an average of 43 explosive incidents throughout their lifetimes.
"I think the new figures will be a surprise to the psychiatric community,"
says researcher Jon Grant.
Once people recognize that IED is a disorder, he says, more of them will get
the treatment they need.
limited to the road.
As many as 16 million Americans suffer from a disorder that causes them to
erupt in screaming, sometimes violent outbursts at the slightest
provocation, a new survey of more than 9,000 adults has concluded.
Researchers say about 4 percent of the adult population has Intermittent
Explosive Disorder, defined as a pattern of explosive outbursts in response
to everyday frustrations,
People with IED cause injury to other people and to property, most commonly
in the form of road rage, acts of revenge, and domestic abuse.
"They often say that their anger goes from Zero to 100," psychologist
Michael McCoskey tells *New Scientist*.
The survey found that Americans with more extreme form of the disorder have
an average of 43 explosive incidents throughout their lifetimes.
"I think the new figures will be a surprise to the psychiatric community,"
says researcher Jon Grant.
Once people recognize that IED is a disorder, he says, more of them will get
the treatment they need.
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