Individuals diagnosed with intermittent explosive disorder and heightened aggression are more than twice as likely to have been exposed to the relatively common parasite Toxoplasma gondii than ...

With all those raging hormones, every teenager is bound to “lose it” at one time or another. But a recent study suggests that adolescents’ attacks of anger may indicate something more serious than ...

"Narcissistic rage" is a term that was first used by psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut in 1972. 1 Narcissistic rage can take the form of extreme open aggression in the form of screaming, shouting, and ...

Narcissistic rage is a term first coined by author Heinz Kohut in 1972 to describe the tendency of people with narcissistic ...

Two out of three American teens report angry, sometimes violent outbursts. July 3, 2012— -- Brian Kearney was an angry teenager. "There were lots of holes in my bedroom wall," said 21-year-old ...

Adam seemed to have a split personality. Most of the time, people thought he was a nice guy, although his temper was a ticking time bomb. He would explode at the drop of the proverbial hat. The ...

Drivers take note: When you witness road rage (even in yourself) you may be observing a psychiatric condition called intermittent explosive disorder that many people don’t know is a mental illness.