Monday, June 05, 2006
serotonin(ser''utO'nin); a mood-regulating and behavior-inhibiting brain chemical.
An article was published this week by the University of Chicago's medical school that says the lack of this chemical affects up to 16 million Americans yearly....causing much of the violence in today's society. By definition, intermittent explosive disorder involves multiple outbursts that are way out of proportion to the situation. These angry outbursts often include threats or aggressive actions and property damage. The disorder typically first appears in adolescence; in the study, the average age of onset was 14.
Interestingly, most sufferers of IED in the study had other emotional disorders or drug or alcohol problems and had gotten treatment for them, but only 28 percent had ever received treatment for anger.
It is an example of, once again....human kind not TALKING and COMMUNICATING the stresses and problems in our lives WITHOUT violence and anger....or at least...directed and moderated anger that can be dealt with and LEARNED FROM.
In fact, Jennifer Hartstein, a psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, said she had just diagnosed the disorder in a 16-year-old boy.
"In most situations, he is relatively affable, calm and very responsible," she said. But in stressful situations at home, he "explodes and tears apart his room, throws things at other people" to the point that his parents have called the police.
Hartstein said the study is important because many people are not aware of the disorder.
An article was published this week by the University of Chicago's medical school that says the lack of this chemical affects up to 16 million Americans yearly....causing much of the violence in today's society. By definition, intermittent explosive disorder involves multiple outbursts that are way out of proportion to the situation. These angry outbursts often include threats or aggressive actions and property damage. The disorder typically first appears in adolescence; in the study, the average age of onset was 14.
Interestingly, most sufferers of IED in the study had other emotional disorders or drug or alcohol problems and had gotten treatment for them, but only 28 percent had ever received treatment for anger.
It is an example of, once again....human kind not TALKING and COMMUNICATING the stresses and problems in our lives WITHOUT violence and anger....or at least...directed and moderated anger that can be dealt with and LEARNED FROM.
In fact, Jennifer Hartstein, a psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, said she had just diagnosed the disorder in a 16-year-old boy.
"In most situations, he is relatively affable, calm and very responsible," she said. But in stressful situations at home, he "explodes and tears apart his room, throws things at other people" to the point that his parents have called the police.
Hartstein said the study is important because many people are not aware of the disorder.
