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Mental health correlates of anger in the general population: Findings from the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

dc.contributor.author Barrett, Emma en_US
dc.contributor.author Mills, Katherine en_US
dc.contributor.author Teesson, Maree en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T12:27:49Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T12:27:49Z
dc.date.issued 2013 en_US
dc.description.abstract Objective: The aim of the present study is to examine the mental health correlates of anger in the general population using data collected as part of the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing (2007 NSMHWB). Method: The 2007 NSMHWB was a nationally representative household survey of 8,841 Australians aged between 16-85 years. The survey assessed for 30-day DSM-IV mental health disorders and 30-day anger symptoms. Results: A range of mood, anxiety and substance use disorders were found to be independently associated with symptoms of anger after controlling for demographics and comorbidity. These included major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, social phobia, generalised anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, and alcohol and drug use disorders. Conclusions: This study is the first epidemiological investigation of the mental health correlates of anger in the Australian general population. Anger can have extremely maladaptive effects on behaviour and can lead to serious consequences for the individual and for the community. The findings of the present study denote the importance of assessing anger symptoms among individuals presenting with these common mental health disorders. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0004-8674 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/53174
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.subject.other mood disorders en_US
dc.subject.other anger en_US
dc.subject.other anxiety disorders en_US
dc.subject.other substance use disorders en_US
dc.subject.other DSM-IV en_US
dc.title Mental health correlates of anger in the general population: Findings from the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing en_US
dc.type Journal Article en
dcterms.accessRights open access
dspace.entity.type Publication en_US
unsw.accessRights.uri https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
unsw.identifier.doiPublisher http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867413476752 en_US
unsw.relation.FunderRefNo 630504 en_US
unsw.relation.FunderRefNoURL http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/630504 en_US
unsw.relation.faculty Medicine & Health
unsw.relation.fundingScheme NHMRC Career Development Award en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofissue 5 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto 470-476 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofvolume 47 en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Barrett, Emma, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Mills, Katherine, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Teesson, Maree, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.school NDARC *
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