Full Description
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.
Contents
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
