| Do you tailgate other cars when you want
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| | mental health problems such as
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| them to go faster? What about showing
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| | alcoholism, depression, and domestic
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| impatience by flashing your headlights?
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| | violence.
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| Do you honk your horn at other cars that
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| | Once it is diagnosed, treatment for IED
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| seem to be a little slow reacting to a
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| | includes antidepressants, anger
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| green light?
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| | management, and cognitive behavioral
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| Watch out. Impulse reactions such as
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| | therapy, or treatment based on the fact
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| these are warning signs of a clinical
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| | that feelings and actions are caused by
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| disorder called
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| | thoughts and not people or events.
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| INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE DISORDER, or IED.
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| | Not everybody thinks road rage should be
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| That is right! Road rage is now
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| | blamed on a mental disorder. According to
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| officially recognized as a form of mental
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| | one survey, 75% think of IED as an excuse
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| illness.
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| | to avoid accepting responsibility.
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| A recent study funded by the National
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| | Crowded highways, greater urgency, sleep
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| Institute of Mental Health found evidence
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| | deprivation, added stress, poor driving
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| of IED in 1 out of 20 Americans surveyed,
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| | habits, and more drivers with bad manners
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| meaning as many as 15 or 16 million of us
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| | are also likely contributing factors to
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| are prone to road rage. According to
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| | the rising number of road rage incidents.
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| lead author Ronald Kessler, a Harvard
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| | Whatever the cause, road rage is now a
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| professor of health care policy, an awful
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| | common occurrence, with many incidents
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| lot of people in America have IED, a
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| | ending in violent behavior, destruction,
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| condition characterized by overreaction
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| | or injury. To avoid potential problems
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| with explosive anger attacks that are out
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| | while driving, always be courteous.
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| of proportion to the situation.
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| | Tailgating, changing lanes without
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| A big problem, according to Kessler, is
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| | signaling, and other aggressive tactics
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| they are not being treated because they
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| | are uncalled for unless you are the one
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| do not think they have a problem. They
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| | looking for trouble. Avoid confrontation
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| think somebody else has a problem.
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| | and eye contact with other drivers that
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| Experts worry that the rising trend of
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| | may have done you wrong. Take a deep
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| IED among teenagers may lead to future
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| | breath, let it go, and move on.
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