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==Mental Health==

==Mental Health==

Unfortunately, the young mental health field has relied almost exclusively upon the expression of anger as the primary mechanism for dealing with this powerful emotion. While expression is important at times, when solely relied on for relief from anger, it has limited value because mere words or behaviors cannot make up for the depth of resentment and bitterness that has been denied in significant relationships in [[childhood]] and [[adolescence]]. Many health professionals believe that while men feel anger more intensely than women, women are more likely to hold long-term grudges.

Unfortunately, the young mental health field has relied almost exclusively upon the expression of anger as the primary mechanism for dealing with this powerful emotion. While expression is important at times, when solely relied on for relief from anger, it has limited value because mere words or behaviors cannot make up for the depth of resentment and bitterness that has been denied in significant relationships in [[childhood]] and [[adolescence]]. Many health professionals believe that while men feel anger more intensely than women, women are more likely to hold long-term grudges.

[[File:Angry man on the phone.jpg|thumbnail|600px|center|Some of the characteristics of [[psychopath]]s are being angry, rash, impulsive, and oppositional (among others).<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202210/what-everyone-should-understand-about-the-dark-triad#:~:text=Depicted%20as%20three%20overlapping%20circles,and%20oppositional%20(among%20others). What Everyone Should Understand About the Dark Triad], Psychology Today website, 2022</ref> ]]

[[File:Angry man on the phone.jpg|thumbnail|600px|center|Some of the characteristics of [[psychopath]]s are being angry, rash, impulsive, and oppositional (among others).<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202210/what-everyone-should-understand-about-the-dark-triad#:~:text=Depicted%20as%20three%20overlapping%20circles,and%20oppositional%20(among%20others). What Everyone Should Understand About the Dark Triad], Psychology Today website, 2022</ref>

Reduced empathy, often seen in psychopathy, increases the prevalence of goal-directed aggression.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832681/ Traits of empathy and anger: implications for psychopathy and other disorders associated with aggression], ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London'',  v.373(1744); 2018 Apr 19</ref> Psychopaths have a greater risk of suffering from irritability/reactive aggression.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832681/ Traits of empathy and anger: implications for psychopathy and other disorders associated with aggression], ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London'',  v.373(1744); 2018 Apr 19</ref> Both decreased empathy and increased anger are associated with maladaptive aggression.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832681/ Traits of empathy and anger: implications for psychopathy and other disorders associated with aggression], ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London'',  v.373(1744); 2018 Apr 19</ref>]]

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