CHICAGO – To you, that angry, horn-blasting tailgater is suffering from road rage. But doctors have another name for it – intermittent explosive disorder – and a new study suggests it is far more ...

This post is in response to Bitterness: The Next Mental Disorder? By Christopher Lane Ph.D. To fellow PT blogger, literary professor Christopher Lane--and the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-V ...

BOSTON--A seldom-studied mental illness called Intermittent Explosive Disorder, characterized by recurrent episodes of angry and potentially violent outbursts--seen in cases of road rage or spousal ...

In this PT blog (Evil Deeds) I have been posting numerous examples of murderously violent behavior perpetrated by pathologically angry individuals, usually men, including the Columbine High School ...

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 ...

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 ...

Road rage is the subject of a new study out in a medical journal. Psychiatrists call it Intermittent Explosive Disorder, and it has a strict definition. Intermittent Explosive Disorder has been a ...

Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) causes a person to have sudden and intense outbursts of anger that are disproportionate to the situation. These outbursts can involve physical violence or verbal ...