Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence

Colin R. Martin RN, BSc, MSc, PhD, MBA, YCAP, FHEA, C.Psychol, AFBPsS, C.Sci is Professor of Perinatal Mental Health at the University of Hull and former Professor of Mental Health at Buckinghamshire New University, Middlesex, UK.  He is a Chartered Health Psychologist and a Chartered Scientist.  He also trained in analytical biochemistry, this aspect reflecting the psychobiological focus of much of his research within mental health. He has published or has in press well over 200 research papers and book chapters.  He is a keen book author and editor having written and/or edited 15 books all of which reflect his diverse academic interests that examine in-depth, the interface between mental health and physical health. These outputs include the seminal five volume magnum opus, Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition (2011), the prophetic insight into the treatment of neurological disease, Nanomedicine and the Nervous System (2012), and the major reference works Comprehensive Guide to Autism (2014), Diet and Nutrition in Dementia and Cognitive Decline (2015) and Comprehensive Guide to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (2016).  Professor Martin has a keen interest in neurosciences from molecular to brain-regional aspects, particularly the psychobiological and psychosocial aspects associated with neurological conditions and affective disorders includingr anger and aggression.  He is involved in collaborative International research with many European and Non-European countries.  Victor R. Preedy BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSB, FRSH, FRIPH, FRSPH, FRCPath, FRSC is a senior member of King's College London.  He is also Director of the Genomics Centre and a member of the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine. Professor Preedy has longstanding academic interests in neurosciences has edited over 10 volumes in this area.  He is senior editor of the Elsevier series Neuroscience which has 7 volumes at present. He graduated in 1974 with an Honours Degree in Physiology with Pharmacology and Biology.  He gained his University of London PhD in 1981.  In 1992, he received his Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists and in 1993 he gained his second doctoral degree (DSc).  Professor Preedy was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Biology in 1995 and also as a Fellow to the Royal College of Pathologists in 2000.  He was then elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health (2004) and The Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene (2004).  In 2009, Professor Preedy became a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and in 2012 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. To his credit, Professor Preedy has published over 600 articles, which includes peer-reviewed manuscripts based on original research, abstracts and symposium presentations, reviews and numerous books and volumes. Dr Vinood B. Patel, BSc, PhD, FRSC, is currently a Reader in Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Westminster and honorary fellow at Kings College London. In 2014, he was elected as a Fellow to The Royal Society of Chemistry. He presently directs studies on metabolic pathways.  He is interested in identifying new biomarkers that can be used for the diagnosis and prognosis of disease including autism. Dr Patel graduated from the University of Portsmouth with a degree in Pharmacology and completed his PhD in protein metabolism from Kings College London in 1997. His postdoctoral work was carried out at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical School studying structural-functional alterations to mitochondrial ribosomes, where he developed novel techniques to characterize their biophysical properties. Dr Patel is a nationally and internationally recognized researcher and was involved in several NIH-funded biomedical grants related to organic disease. Dr Patel has edited biomedical books in the area of toxic agents and biomarkers. He is Editor of 6 Springer-Nature books on Biomarkers and has published over 150 articles.

1. Placing Aggression, Anger, Aggression and Violence In Context.- The general population and mental health correlates of anger.- Antisocial history and adult antisocial behavior.- Varieties of anger.- Violence and women (non sexual).- Sexual violence.- Features of youth violence.- Schools and aggression.- Violence in schools.- Relationship proximity and violence.- Predatory violence and homicide.- How we respond to  angry faces.- The modern age: Cyberbullying  (peer Victimization) as a form of aggression.- Adolescents, aggression and cyberbullying.- Violence and child soldiers.- Combat exposure and aggression.- 2. Causes and Precipitation of Anger, Aggression and Violence.- Alcohol and aggression.- Crawling experiences and the development of anger expression.- Ethnopolitical violence exposure and and children's aggression.- Isolation-induced aggressive behaviors.- Depression induced aggression.- Pornography and sexual violence.- Aggression and video games.- 3. Features of Anger, Aggression and Violence.- Facial recognition of fear in aggressive patients.- Facial image identification and the position of aggression  using a 2D/3D superimposition technique.- Diet and anger.- Culture and anger expression.- The interrelationship between anger control, trait anger, and motor control.- Violence an aggression by males and impact on females.- Partner violence and aggression management.- Anger trait in cooperativeness and depression.- Community violence and academic attainment.- Bullying as a form of psychological aggression.- The aggressive-disruptive child and school outcomes.- How psychiatry perceive adolescent aggressive behavior.- 4. Anger, Aggression and Violence in Defined Disorders and Conditions.- Aggression in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).- Anger and cigarette smoking behavior.- Aggression in heroin addiction.- Aggression in adolescent psychiatric inpatients.- Anger in post-illness: the example of stroke.- Anger in autism.- Aggression in patients with schizophrenia.- Aggression in bipolar disorder.- Aggression in epilepsy.- 5. Physical Measures of Pathology and Insights: Genetics.- The 5-HTTLPR genotype and aggression.- MAOA and MAOB polymorphisms and anger.- Polymorphism in the 5HT2A Serotonin Receptor Gene.- Transcriptomics and aggression in females: a focus on primates.- 6. Physical Measures of Pathology and Insights: Non-Genetic.- The magnocellular visual pathway and the position of anger and associated traits.- Serotonin neuron firing and aggression.- Dopaminergic neurons and aggression.- Hypocretin and melanin-concentrating hormone and aggression.- Cholesterol and aggression.- Testosterone and aggressive behavior.- Caffeine and aggression.- Facial image identification using a 2D/3D superimposition technique.- 7. Treatments and therapies.- Group anger management.- The role of the therapist in to curtail violent batterers.- Neurofeedback techniques for controlling anger.- Topiramate (Topamax) therapy for aggressive behavior.- Use of clozapine in aggressive behavior.- Use of mindfulness-based treatments for aggression.- Electroconvulsive therapy and aggression.- Interpersonal reconstructive therapy and aggression.- 8. Methods and Techniques.- The predictive validity of assessment platforms for imminent aggression.- Anger recognition.- The Buss-Durke Inventory for aggression.- The Modified Overt Aggression Scale and its applications.- The Psychopathic Personality Inventory.- The Impulsive/Premeditated Aggression Scale.- The Dutch Reactive Proactive Questionnaire for Reactive and Proactive Aggression.