Depression Intensifies Anger in Veterans with PTSD

Veterans who suffer from both post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) tend to experience significantly higher rates of rage, compared to those with just one or no illness, based on another study published in the journal Psychological Trauma: Theory Research, Practice and Policy. One reason the researchers decided to concentrate on rage is it is given inadequate focus in general as a clinical issue among combat veterans and injury populations. PTSD and depression dominate the landscape, but these, of course, are formal psychiatric disorders, he said. There is no diagnostic category for anger, nor do I think there should be, so anger slips from research attention, said lead writer Raymond Novaco, Ph.D., professor of psychology and social behaviour at the University of California, Irvine. Our study findings should draw attention to anger as a major treatment need when military service members screen positive for PTSD or for depression, and especially whe
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