A Conversation About… Anger and Mental Health: The Nature of Anger

Anger can affect many aspects of life, even as mundane as waiting in line at the grocery store. But what is anger, really?

In this episode, Clinical Psychologists Mark Creamer and Dr Tony McHugh are joined by Senior Scientist at the Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Dr Amy Adler, as they consider the definition of anger. During their conversation they explore its cognitive and behavioural components; its normality as a human emotion, and at what point it can be considered ‘problematic.’

They share research findings about the relationship between anger and various mental and physical health issues; the enduring impacts it has on individuals in military service, and how anger plays into current diagnostic criteria.

Stay tuned for two more episodes in this series featuring Mark Creamer and Tony McHugh discussing mental health and anger.

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