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June Issue of Archives of General Psychiatry
Underscores Need for Anger & Rage Management
as demonstrated by Anger Management Training Institute
Summary:
Houston, TX (PRWeb) June 2006 -- Results of a
research study published in the June 2006 issue
of the Archives of General Psychiatry serve to
reinforce the urgent need for effective and widely
available anger management training programs,
according to James A. Baker, founder and director
of the Anger Management Training Institute. “This
research simply reinforces empirically what we
experience anecdotally every day,” exclaimed
Baker. “We are seeing an anger epidemic
of almost tsunami type proportions sweeping across
our culture.” www.Anger-Busting.com
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Houston, TX (PRWeb) June 2006 -- Results of a
research study published in the June 2006 issue
of the Archives of General Psychiatry serve to
reinforce the urgent need for effective and widely
available anger management training programs,
according to James A. Baker, founder and director
of the Anger Management Training Institute LLC.
Baker, who is the author of the highly claimed
best selling Anger BustingTM Workbook, is a vocal
advocate for anger management recovery programs.
“This research simply reinforces empirically
what we experience anecdotally every day,”
exclaimed Baker, whose anger management programs
serve hundreds of clients around the country on
a daily basis. “We are seeing an anger epidemic
of almost tsunami type proportions sweeping across
our culture, and the available resources in the
fields of mental health, medicine, social services,
criminal justice and the faith communities are
woefully unprepared to deal with it. It is sobering
and frightening.”
The study, conducted by researchers from Harvard
University and the University of Chicago, and
can be found in detail on www.Anger-Busting.com
conducted personal interviews of 9,282 people
over the age of 18 during a period from 2001-2003.
The results of the survey turned up two particularly
troubling problems. First of all, the study demonstrated
that at least 5% of the total population of the
US experience at least five rage events per year
in which they physically assault someone, threaten
serious bodily injury or destroy property. Termed
by psychiatrists as Intermittent Explosive Disorder
(IED), the high incidence of this behavior would
make it more common in the general population
than either schizophrenia or bi-polar disorder.
IED could well be the driving force behind road
rage, family violence, workplace violence and
other destructive expressions of anger.
The other troubling aspect of this report is
the conclusion that the prevalence of this condition
is expanding rapidly in younger populations, with
boys showing symptoms at an average age of 13
and girls becoming symptomatic by age 19. Researchers
also concluded that IED is an excellent predictor
of the onset of depression, alcoholism and drug
abuse. While there is no clear explanation of
this sudden upsurge in IED, researchers do believe
that IED can be controlled or alleviated through
a therapeutic regimen including both medication
and cognitive therapy. Getting help is the key
to getting well.
“Finally we have a conclusive nationwide
study from a highly credible source that supports
what I have been advocating for years,”
declared Baker. “We have got to take anger
seriously. We are seeing it develop into a stand-alone
addiction that is totally baffling standard treatment
methodologies. For years, anger has been treated
as a secondary problem produced by underlying
root causes. That approach is totally out of date
now. Anger isn’t a symptom; it is a problem,
and it is getting worse every day.”
The approach Baker advocates in the Anger BustingTM
Workbook treats rage as an addiction, relying
on a training program that is reminiscent of some
of the basic concepts that fuel the 12-Step processes
found in Alcoholics Anonymous and similar programs.
Baker emphasizes that anger addicts – rageaholics,
as he refers to them – can begin to experience
significant and rapid improvement if they remain
on the program and see it through.
“We get letters and emails daily from folks
telling us that our program has changed their
lives,” says Baker with obvious satisfaction
beaming from his face. “Angry people are
desperate people who really want help and just
don’t know where to turn. They respond with
real hope when we tell them that if they will
do the work, they can get better. Most of them
have already given up.”
The success of the workbook led Baker to create
the Anger Management Training Institute, which
offers both online and live training classes for
clients who need help, as well as for those members
of the helping community who are working with
them to overcome their problem. Counselors and
those in the social services can receive training
to become a Certified Anger Resolution Therapist
through Baker’s program, and deliver anger
management services to their clients based on
Baker’s unique system.
“We are making progress one day and one
person at a time,” explained Baker. “But
it is the struggle of a lifetime. I hope this
new study builds a fire under people and motivates
them to do something. If you are an anger addict,
ask for help. If you are in a relationship with
an anger addict, call and ask for help. We can
help you change now, if you are willing to take
the first step.”
For more information:
James A. Baker
Anger Management Training Institute LLC
713-627-7700
www.AngerManagementSeminar.com
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