Understanding Anger Disorders
$72.24
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
25 November 2010
Summary
Since classical times, philosophers 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 increasinglymandating anger management …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199774098 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199774099 |
| Author: | Raymond DiGiuseppe, Raymond Chip Tafrate |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 25 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 603g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
”[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
About The Author
Raymond DiGiuseppe
Raymond DiGiuseppe is Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychology, St. John’s University. Raymond Chip Tafrate is Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, Central Connecticut State University.
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