Evaluation and treatment of rage in children and adolescents.
Rage is characterized by an unpredictable and primitive display of violence that is out of proportion to the provoking event and often threatens serious self-injury or harm to others. New insight into the pathogenesis of unpredictable violent behavior has been gained largely as a result of neurochemical, neuropsychological and brain imaging studies. This article examines episodic rage from a neuropsychiatric perspective. Three cases illustrating the evaluation and treatment of rage in childhood and adolescence are presented.
Mandoki
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville 32209.
Sumner
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Matthews-Ferrari
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016651:Lithium Carbonate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D011433:Propranolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011889:Rage; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014754:Violence; D014888:Wechsler Scales
D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D002220:Carbamazepine; D011433:Propranolol