Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is an impulse-control disorder characterized by a failure to resist one’s aggressive impulses, which can lead to frequent “explosions”—incidents of verbal ...

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 ...

CHICAGO — To you, that angry, horn-blasting tailgater is suffering from road rage. But doctors have another name for it — intermittent explosive disorder — and a new study suggests it is far more ...

Psychologists have long known that certain linguistic habits reveal how people are functioning internally. For example, ...

Diagnosing personality disorders in children is controversial due to natural developmental shifts in mood and behavior. When maladaptive traits remain pervasive and persistent, however, a personality ...

Genetics is just one of several factors thought to influence personality disorder development. Life experiences, family dynamics, coping mechanisms, and social learning may all be contributing factors ...

Where mood disorders can cause temporary or fluctuating changes in mood, personality disorders cause symptoms that remain consistent over time and across a range of situations. For example, bipolar ...

Schizoid and paranoid personality disorders have key differences. Paranoid personality disorder (PPD) leads people to think that others are trying to harm them, while schizoid personality disorder ...

Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is a psychiatric condition characterised by recurrent, sudden episodes of impulsive aggression that markedly exceed the normative responses to provoking ...