PTSD, Anger, and Aggression: Epidemiology, Etiology and Clinical Practice

Rodenburg, Jan; Heesink, Lieke; Drožđek, Boris

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08359-9_82

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“…This risk is particularly important for those showing an increase in symptomatology because of the known association between anger and reactivity and impaired social functioning and intimate relationships (Meffert et al, 2014). Such explanations as to why individuals exhibiting both PTSD and anger/aggression may not respond to more targeted interventions for PTSD (Rodenburg et al, 2016) may at least partly explain the corresponding increased anger with increased PTSD severity. Specific programs have been developed to treat anger (Cash et al, 2018;Mackintosh et al, 2017;Morland et al, 2010), and early interventions that target anger during military service may reduce the likelihood of maladaptive anger worsening in the years following discharge, as well as contribute to improved treatment efficacy for other conditions.…”

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Anger in occupations characterized by repeated threat and stress exposure: The longitudinal view in the military context.

Lawrence‐Wood¹,

Hooff²,

McFarlane³

2021

Anger at Work: Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment in High-Risk Occupations.

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In military populations, there is evidence that levels of anger and aggression increase over time. They increase further during the process of leaving the full-time service environment in the period of transition to civilian life.• Expression and escalation of problematic anger and aggression over time may be compounded by aspects of military life, including a culture of authority and requirement to contain and respond to threat with action, and repeated and prolonged exposure to threatening environments.• Problematic anger and aggression are, in part, a symptomatic/ behavioral reflection of underlying priming and sensitization of neural networks associated with threat detection and activation of the sympathetic nervous system response. These processes are shared with the neurobiological underpinnings of posttraumatic stress disorder.

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