Future of Marketology (FOM)

Abstract

We describe a typology of regulatory deficits associated with anger in combat-related PTSD. Cognitive, arousal, and behavioral domain deficits in anger regulation were observed clinically in PTSD patients with high levels of anger who were participating in a multi-year trial of a structured anger treatment. We also describe a category of patients whose anger type we have termed "ball of rage." These patients exhibit regulatory deficits in all 3 domains of anger regulation. We offer a conceptual framework to advance the understanding of anger associated with PTSD and to guide its effective treatment. [Author Abstract] KEY WORDS: Anger; regulatory deficits; combat-related PTSD.