How to Deal with Emotionally Explosive People

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Cannabis. SeeMarijuana
Catastrophic anxiety, 94
fear and, 105
Catharsis
addiction to, 239
anger and, 218
Celexa, 89, 286
Chlordiazepoxide, 285. See alsoLibrium
Cingulate gyrus, 52, 88
rumination and, 156
Citolopram, 286. See alsoCelexa
Claustrophobia, 51
treatment of, 55
Clinical disorders, 35
Clonazepam, 285. See alsoKlonopin
Cocaine, 157–158
anger control problems and, 214
history of, 158
Cognitive therapy, 96, 121
depression and, 31, 189–191
insight and, 40
psychological control and, 268–269
relaxation and, 119
vs.psychoanalysis, 38–39
working through problems in, 40
Conditioning
classical, 95
operant, 95
Confidentiality, 279–280
Control freaks, 139
dealing with, 139–141
Counselors, 278
Crisis hotlines, 273
Cross-tolerance, 86


Dalmane, 285
Debriefing, after panic attacks, 14–15
Defensiveness, 230–231
Delaying tactics, in defusing anger, 234
Dendrites, 82
Denial, and human potential therapy, 97
Depakote, 90
Depression
acute, 148
alcohol and, 157
anger control problems and, 214–215
anomie and, 150–151
behavioral therapy and, 174
bipolar disorder and, 165
causes of, 33–34


Depression (Cont.):
chronic, 148
cognitive therapy and, 189–191
definition of, 16
diagnosing, 154–155
endogenous, 148
epidemiology of, 26
exercise and, 173
external control and, 172, 186–188
false hope and, 180–181
guilt and, 181
helplessness and, 150–151
heredity of, 148
hopelessness and, 150–151
interpersonal therapy and, 191–192
lithium and, 165
loss and, 175–176
major, 146–147
medications for, 156–157
melancholia and, 148–149
nihilism and, 198–200
panic disorder and, 67
physiology of, 151–154
positive reinforcement and, 172–175
reactive, 148
relaxation and, 173
rumination and, 155–156, 179
sadness and, 155
serotonergics and, 87, 160
sleep disturbance and, 156
suicide and, 192–194
television and, 174
treatment of, 17–20, 172
types of, 175–188
vegetative processes and, 149
Desensitization, 79, 119–121
Desipramine, 286
Desyrel, 286
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders. SeeDSM-IV
(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders)
Diazepam, 285. See alsoVal iu m
Disease model, 35–37
Distractions, from anger, 270
Disturbed object relations, 207
Domestic violence, 26
Dominance, 228–230
asserting, 231
hierarchies, 54

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