Treatments for Anger and Aggression

Follow the links below to find information about treatments for dealing with anger and aggression.

Reviewed March 2011

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Title:   Being violent
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet has information on what triggers violence and what you can do to control violent behaviour.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Anger
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Anger is a normal and healthy emotion but it is important to understand how to manage it and to express it safely.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - non-drug therapies
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Medication is an effective treatment for ADHD, but combining medication with non-drug therapies ensures a greater success rate. Non-drug therapies include behaviour modification programs, cognitive therapy, anger management training, social training and family counselling.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Family conflict - how to cope
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Conflict can happen when family members have different views or beliefs that clash. Peaceful resolution needs skills in open, two-way communication, negotiation, compromise and respect for the other person' s point of view. Transitioning from one stage of life to another is often a time of additional stress and conflict. Seek professional advice if you think you need help to resolve long-standing issues of conflict.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Anger - how it affects people
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Anger is a powerful emotion. Uncontrolled anger may cause increased anxiety, high blood pressure and headaches, and trigger fights or abuse. Anger management strategies include regular exercise and learning how to relax.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Managing aggressive and violent patients
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   All healthcare workers, especially general practitioners and staff in emergency departments, are likely to encounter aggression and violence.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Managing the anger in your life
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Anger is a powerful emotion that comes from fear, frustration or strong disappointment. Anger can lead to dangerous situations unless you learn to recognise and manage it.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Conduct disorder
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Conduct disorder (CD) refers to a set of problem behaviours exhibited by children and adolescents, which may involve the violation of a person, their rights or their property. Behaviours may include bullying, cruelty to animals or people, and law-breaking activities such as shoplifting, vandalism and deliberately lighting fires.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Anger - being the boss of your anger
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sometimes you just get so angry that you feel like you are going to burst! It seems like your anger will be the boss of you, instead of you being the boss of your anger. What can you do to work through that anger and keep yourself and others safe?
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Mental illness - family and friends
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Family members and friends should not ignore signs of a mental illness in someone close. Early treatment can lead to a better outcome. Encourage the person to see a general practitioner (GP) or other doctor for an assessment. If a family member is affected, you should decide what level of support and care you are realistically able to provide.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Feeling angry
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   What causes anger; what to do when you are feeling angry.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Dealing with anger - Young People
Publisher:   Headroom (South Australia)
Description:   Don't ignore someone's anger. If someone looks and sounds angry, then they want you to know that something is not right for them. Be open to listening to what they have to say, and try to find out what is making the person feel that way.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Cognitive behaviour therapy
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that helps people to change unhelpful or unhealthy thinking habits, feelings and behaviours. CBT may be used to treat problems including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, uncontrollable anger, substance abuse, eating disorders and other problems.
Date:   Oct 2010
Title:   Talking through angry feelings
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Practical tips on coping with children's angry feelings, anger and temper tantrums.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Children biting
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Biting common young children troubling to parents. Biting is often very painful and frightening for a child who is bitten. It can also be frightening for the child who bites, because it upsets the other child and makes adults angry.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Parenting - coping with stress
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Being a parent can be stressful. Taking out anger or frustration on your child can harm them physically and psychologically. It is important to recognise and manage negative feelings so that you can enjoy parenting and maintain a safe, happy home for you and your child.
Date:   Apr 2010
Title:   Chlorpromazine for psychosis induced aggression or agitation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Chlorpromazine was the first medicine specifically developed to treat psychoses as it helps people to feel less anxious, tense or angry. This review systematically examines the evidence to see how effective chlorpromazine is at reducing aggression or ag...
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Pinching, biting and hair pulling
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A discussion of children biting and babies biting, children pinching and babies pinching, and children pulling hair and babies pulling hair. Includes ideas for how to stop biting, stop pinching, and stop hair-pulling in babies and children.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Arthritis: coping with your emotions - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Learning you have a chronic illness such as arthritis could send your emotions into a spiral of anger and depression.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Anger - feeling and facing it
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   This page describes the emotion of anger and some practical and constructive ways of dealing with it.
Date:   Jul 2009

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