Traditional intervention/treatment programs for problem
anger are rapidly becoming obsolete. The Group For The Advancement Of
Psychiatry has played a major role in officially denying that anger is an
illness. The most recent edition of The Diagnostic And Statistical Manual of
Nervous And Mental Disorders does not define anger as an illness.
The American Psychiatric Association maintains that anger
is a normal human emotion. Anger is considered a problem when it is too
intense, occurs too frequently, lasts too long, impacts health, destroys work
or school relationships or damages interpersonal relationships. In contrast,
The American Psychological Association has fought unsuccessfully for over forty
years to have anger defined as a DSM diagnosable illness requiring counseling,
psychotherapy or psychotropic medication treatment.
Since anger is not an illness, it is not responsive to
formal mental health treatment. Interventions that can improve a clients’ over
all competence in emotional intelligence are becoming the most sort after
interventions for impulse control in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
The Joint Commission On The Accreditation Of Healthcare
Organizations in its’ Sentinel Alert (2008), announced that all health care
organizations in the U.S. must have written policy regarding intervention for “disruptive physicians” whose anger risks patient safety.
The most popular and most successful intervention model for
“disruptive physicians” is a non- psychiatric model developed by Anderson &
Anderson, APC. This intervention uses Emotional Intelligence Pre and Post
Assessments as well as client workbooks to teach a wide range of emotional
intelligence concepts such as self-awareness, self-control, social awareness,
empathy, problem solving and emotional expression, along with relationship
management.
Emotional Intelligence Coaching
for Impulse Control is a non-psychopathological intervention that does
not have the stigma that is associated with mental health treatment.
Anger management has always been a problem in substance
abuse treatment as well as sobriety for clients who are struggling to maintain
sobriety.
The Addictions Academy of Miami is the largest substance
abuse training and coaching organization in the U.S. This organization has selected Anderson &
Anderson, APC as its’ training and marketing partner for substance abuse and
anger management/emotional intelligence for impulse control.
The collaboration between The Addictions Academy and Anderson
& Anderson, APC will likely hastened the recognition of emotional
intelligence/impulse control in all substance abuse programs.
George Anderson, www.andersonservices.com
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