Individuals diagnosed with intermittent explosive disorder and heightened aggression are more than twice as likely to have been exposed to the relatively common parasite Toxoplasma gondii than ...

Bipolar disorder anger is real — but frequency, intensity, and fallout matter. Use a fast checklist to reset before you react ...

With all those raging hormones, every teenager is bound to “lose it” at one time or another. But a recent study suggests that adolescents’ attacks of anger may indicate something more serious than ...

Intermittent explosive disorder can begin young and last a lifetime. April 4, 2013— -- Throwing balls, kicking players, shouting gay slurs -- all of these outbursts caught on videotape of Rutgers ...

"Narcissistic rage" is a term that was first used by psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut in 1972. 1 Narcissistic rage can take the form of extreme open aggression in the form of screaming, shouting, and ...

Two out of three American teens report angry, sometimes violent outbursts. July 3, 2012— -- Brian Kearney was an angry teenager. "There were lots of holes in my bedroom wall," said 21-year-old ...

Drivers take note: When you witness road rage (even in yourself) you may be observing a psychiatric condition called intermittent explosive disorder that many people don’t know is a mental illness.

This post is in response to Depression in Children: Proof of Bipolar Disorder By Nassir Ghaemi M.D., M.P.H. I want to respond to my esteemed colleague, Dr. Nassir Ghaemi, Director of the Mood Disorder ...