title: Evaluation and treatment of rage in children and adolescents.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville 32209.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Mandoki
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Sumner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matthews-Ferrari
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D002220:Carbamazepine; D011433:Propranolol