After situating anger in both historical and emotional contexts,
they report research that supports the existence of several
subtypes of the disorder and review treatment outcome studies and
new interventions to improve treatment. The first book that fully
explores anger as a clinical phenomenon and provides a reliable set
of assessment criteria, it represents a major step towards
establishing the clear definitions and scientific basis necessary
for assessing, diagnosing, and treating anger disorders.
Since classical times, phiosophers and physicians have identified
anger as a human frailty that can lead to violence and human
suffering, but with the development of a modern science of abnormal
psychology and mental disorders, it has been written off as
"merely" an emotional symptom and excluded from most
accepted systems of psychiatric diagnosis. Yet despite the lack of
scientific recognition, anger-related violence is often in the
news, and courts are increasingly mandating
anger management treatment. It is time for a fresh scientific
examination of one of the most fundamental human emotions and what
happens when it becomes pathological, and this thorough, persuasive
book offers precisely such a probing analysis.
Using both clinical data and a variety of case studies, esteemed
anger researchers Raymond A. DiGiuseppe and Raymond Chip Tafrate
argue for a new diagnostic classification, Anger Regulation and
Expression Disorder, that will help bring about clinical
improvements and increased scientific understanding of anger. After
situating anger in both historical and emotional contexts, they
report research that supports the existence of several subtypes of
the disorder and review treatment outcome studies
and new interventions to improve treatment. The first book that
fully explores anger as a clinical phenomenon and provides a
reliable set of assessment criteria, it represents a major step
towards establishing the clear definitions and scientific basis
necessary for assessing, diagnosing, and
treating anger disorders.
Using both clinical data and a variety of case studies, esteemed
anger researchers Raymond DiGiuseppe and Raymond Chip Tafrate argue
for a new diagnostic classification, Anger Regulation and
Expression Disorder, that will help bring about clinical
improvements and increased scientific understanding of anger. After
situating anger in both historical and emotional contexts, they
report research that supports the existence of several subtypes of
the disorder and review treatment
outcome studies and new interventions to improve treatment. The
first book that fully explores anger as a clinical phenomenon and
provides a reliable set of assessment criteria, it represents a
major step towards establishing the clear definitions and
scientific basis necessary for assessing, diagnosing,
and treating anger disorders.
Ausstattung/Bilder: 432 pages - 28 line illustrations - 234 x 156 mm
Seitenzahl: 418
Englisch
Abmessung: 235mm x 164mm x 25mm
Gewicht: 721g
ISBN-13: 9780195170795
ISBN-10: 0195170792
Best.Nr.: 21243905
"[The authors] have succeeded in producing a richly detailed scientific treatise on the proper role of anger in the study of emotions and behavioral disorders. The book is greatly enhanced by the inclusion of numerous brief clinical vignettes drawn from their own experiences as psychologists."--PsycCRITIQUES "Offering a comprehensive account of anger research and interventions to reduce anger, DiGiuseppe and Tafrate succeed at untangling the relationships between the emotional response of anger and aggressive behavior."--Choice
Inhaltsangabe
PART I THEORY AND RESEARCH 1. Anger: The Forgotten Emotion 2. Ubiquitous and Intangible: The Problem of Defining Anger 3. How Anger Differs From Other Emotions PART II ANGER AND AGGRESSION 4. Theories of Anger and Aggression 5. Anger as a Mediator of Violence 6. A Proposed Model of the Relationship Between Anger and Aggression PART III COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL MODELS OF ANGER 7. Behavioral Models of Snger 8. Cognitive Models of Anger PART IV ANGER AND CO-MORBIDITY 9. Anger and Axis I Pathology 10. Anger and Depression 11. Anger and Personality Disorders PART V DIAGNOSIS OF ANGER DISORDERS 12. Objections to Formalizing Anger Disorders 13. Functional and Dysfunctional Anger 14. Proposed Criteria for Anger Disorder 15. Subtypes of Disturbed Anger PART VI INTERVENTION 16. A Review of the Anger Treatment-Outcome Literature: What We Know Works 17. Roadblocks to Successful Treatment of Angry Clients 18. Preparing Clients for Anger Treatment 19. A Comprehensive Treatment Model for Anger Disorders 20. Epilogue
