A Simple Guide to Anger Management, Diagnosis, Treatment and Related Conditions

This book describes Anger Management, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases

Everyone gets angry at some time in their lives.

Anger is a normal part of life.

It can come on in response to small irritants or major events.

Some others keep their anger inside and then explode like a volcano eruption.

Others have regular, intense outbursts and explosions.

For some, anger responses may become unpredictable and cause problems in relationships, at work, and at home.

When these interruptions to life occur because of anger, it is time to reach out for help.

The Incredible hulk has a great anger issue.

Once angry the mild mannered scientist becomes the Incredible hulk!

Anger is a negative emotion which is experienced by children and adults alike as a normal reaction to irritation by others in a negative manner.

The expression of the anger emotion in a negative way produces numerous unhealthy behaviors such as violence and aggression

When the anger overrules a person's emotions, it can make them destructive to themselves and everybody around them.

Anger becomes a problem only when the person does not manage it in a healthy way.

The angry emotion is not always a bad thing.

Being angry can help the person display the person’s concerns.

It can prevent others from taking advantage of the person.

It can motivate the person to do something positive.

The key is managing the anger in a healthy way.

The management of anger is termed anger management.
1. Most important to managing anger is to admit that there is a problem.
2. People who have major anger disorders will not see it.
3. They may persist down a path where they are continuously angry
4. Anger stops them from looking for the help they need.
5. The angry person will most probably experience loss of their family, their job and their own identity.

Anger management is devised to:
1. Help the person work out their anger,
2. Help them find out why they become so angry.
3. Teach the person methods to prevent them from getting angry as often or for very long.
4. Help them get a better quality of life and live a healthy and normal life.

Anger management methods are developed to help an angry person return to a healthy, normal existence.

1. Taking a time-out is believed to be a healthy management tactic.

2. A second example of a healthy anger management tactic is up to the angry person.

Even though the anger is normally brought on by an annoying situation or a confrontation with another individual, the anger really belongs to the person who is troubled.

Only the person who is experiencing the anger problems can regulate their fits of rage.

3. Another healthy anger management tactic is to look back on those circumstances that upset the person and try to find ways to make changes.

Finding the cause of the anger may assist the person to avoid those situations

4. A fourth tactic concerning healthy management tactics is to confront the person or the situation.
Talk to the person or people involved calmly to try to find out the source of the problem.

The angry person might actually find out that the whole thing was a misunderstanding.

Ways to stop anger:

Relaxation
Cognitive Restructuring
Better Communication
Using Humor
Changing The Environment
Change the thinking
Work to solve problems
Cognitive behavioral therapy

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Anger Management
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatments
Chapter 6 Prognosis
Chapter 7 Aggression
Chapter 8 Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Epilogue