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This handbook provides a detailed overview of the emotional, physical, and social implications of anger, aggression, and violence. The book covers the recognition, diagnosis, and evaluation of these areas, aiming to understand the aetiology of these behavioral features to assist with prevention and cure.

The book is divided into eight sections:

Placing Aggression, Anger, Aggression and Violence In Context
Causes and Precipitation of Anger, Aggression and Violence
Features of Anger, Aggression and Violence
Anger, Aggression and Violence in Defined Disorders and Conditions
Physical Measures of Pathology and Insights: Genetics
Physical Measures of Pathology and Insights: Non-Genetic
Treatments and Therapies
Methods and Techniques

Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence will be of use for behavioral scientists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses and doctors, neurologists, health scientists, general practitioners, research scientists and all those interested in altered behavior.