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- Psychosocial interventions may be effective alone or in combination with pharmacological treatments. Psychotropic agents (e.g., stimulants, mood stabilizers, β-blockers) have also been shown to have limited efficacy in reducing aggression.
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Evidence suggests that anti-impulsive aggression agents (AIAAs) can diminish or prevent impulsive aggression even when occurring with personality pathology such as borderline or antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), common conditions in offender populations.
Dec 1, 2015 · Efficacy of Anti-impulsive Aggressive Agents as Evidenced by Drug Trials of Sufficient Quality. Several psychotropic agents have been used or recommended for the control of clinical aggression, but with variable, little, or no attempt to define the type of aggression being treated.
Oct 1, 2004 · Psychotropic agents (e.g., stimulants, mood stabilizers, β-blockers) have also been shown to have limited efficacy in reducing aggression. Antipsychotics, particularly the atypical antipsychotics, show substantial efficacy in the treatment of aggression in selected pediatric populations.
Jul 1, 2006 · Antipsychotic medications may be helpful for impulsive, affective instability, cognitive disorganization, and anxious hyperarousal-based aggression, and may even be helpful to predatory aggression. However, side effects limit their routine use, and initiation must thoughtfully consider risk/benefit and carefully monitor side effects.
Mood stabilisers are often used off-license for the treatment of aggression associated with a variety of psychiatric conditions, but their efficacy in these and in idiopathic aggression is not known. Aims.
- Roland Morgan Jones, James William Arlidge, Rebecca Gillham, Shuja Mohd Reagu, Marianne Bernadette v...
- 2011
The present study assessed the quality of pharmacotherapy trials to treat impulsive aggressive behavior. While a search of the literature found 55 peer-reviewed published studies on the pharmacotherapy of aggression, only 23 met criteria for inclusion in the quality analysis.
The treatment of pediatric aggression often involves psychotropic agents. Despite growing research on pediatric psychopharmacology, however, clinical issues regarding medication management of persistent behavioral problems remain poorly addressed.
