Understanding anger disorders / Raymond DiGiuseppe and Raymond Chip Tafrate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DiGiuseppe, Raymond.

Contributor:

Tafrate, Raymond Chip.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anger.

Anger--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using both clinical data and a variety of case studies, this book argues for a diagnostic classification, Anger Regulation and Expression Disorder, that helps bring about clinical improvements and increased scientific understanding of anger. It explores anger as a clinical phenomenon and provides a reliable set of assessment criteria.

Contents:

Theory and Research

Anger, the forgotten emotion

Ubiquitous and intangible: The problem of defining anger

How anger differs from other emotions

Anger and Aggression

Theories of anger and aggression

Anger as a Moderator of violence

A proposed model of the relationship between anger and aggression

Cognitive and Behavioral Models of Anger

Behavioral Models of Anger

Cognitive Models of Anger

Anger and Co-morbidity

Anger and Axis I Pathology

Anger and Depression

Anger and Personality Disorders

Diagnosis of Anger Disorders

Objections to Formalizing Anger Disorders

Functional and Dysfunctional Anger

Proposed Criteria for Anger Disorder

Subtypes of Disturbed Anger

Intervention

A Review of the Anger Treatment Outcome Literature: What we Know Works

Roadblocks to Successful Treatment of Angry Clients

Preparing Clients for Anger Treatment

A Comprehensive Model of Anger Treatment.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-405) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-029104-4

0-19-026192-7

1-280-84369-1

0-19-803816-X

1-4237-9987-9

OCLC:

476015844