Intermittent Explosive Disorder or IED, a disorder in which people exhibit impulsive, aggressive behavior, affects as many as 16 million Americans or 7.3% of the adult population. Experts disagree on the causes and treat ments for IED. This release is about a potential solution.

Sedona, AZ (PRWEB) June 16, 2006 -- A study based on data from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, a survey of over 9,000 US adults, has found that Intermittent Explosive Disorder or IED affects as many as 16 million Americans or 7.3% of the adult population.

What exactly is IED? Simply put, it is a state of mind where a person feels so frustrated and out of control that he physically acts out, destroying property and even hurting other people, with minimal provocation to warrant such an outburst. An individual must exhibit this impulsively aggressive behavior more than three times in their life (and have no other mental or physical explanations like a clinical personality disorder or neurological disease), to be diagnosed with Intermittent Explosive Disorder. It is believed that IED first manifests in the teen years, and then escalates from there, as life’s daily frustrations begin to take a cumulative toll over time.

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