What does intermittent rage disorder mean?

Intermittent rage disorder belongs to a group of impulse control disorders, and the main characteristic of this group of patients is the presence of sudden attacks and impulsive manifestations, which are not caused by psychological factors or by someone provoking anger. Instead, during its absence, it may be a very mild person who does not have obvious impulses and aggression, but during the initiation period, even though he or she knows it is wrong, there is no way to suppress the impulses and cause aggressive behavior, so it often results in serious injury or property damage problems. Of course this type of problem may have to exclude other psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, manic episodes, antisocial personality, and borderline personality. Children with attention deficit can also have intermittent episodes of anger under certain conditions, and some patients with head trauma or dementia can also have intermittent episodes of anger. Patients with alcohol dependence or drug dependence will have withdrawal symptoms when they do not have access to drugs or alcohol, and will also have a tendency to attack. After excluding the above causes, a diagnosis of intermittent rage can be made. The incidence of intermittent rage episodes is not particularly high, and everyday people will attribute other disorders or rage behaviors caused by aggressive personality, antisocial personality, or borderline personality to intermittent rage.