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Anger Disorders: Definition, Diagnosis, And Treatment (Series in Clinical and Community Psychology,)

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Anger Disorders is one of the only books to review the topic. For that reason, it's a worthwhile read. However, the book has two major flaws. First, it treats "anger" like a DSM disorder - okay, fair enough, but biased. Second, the book is largely cognitive-behavioral biased. Both of these are reasonable as an approach to address anger but are greatly limiting. My biggest complaint is that issue of 'power and control' as it relates to "anger" is essentially ignored. In clinical practice, treating people as having an "anger" problem, often pathologizes choice behavior. Such as stance is counter-productive to see "anger" as such. Thus, in future editions, throwing in a chapter about the differences between anger and battering would be of use. Most "anger" occurs in domestic situations anyway... look it up, eh.