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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006 Jun;63(6):669–678. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.63.6.669

Table 5. Lifetime and 12-month treatment of DSM-IV intermittent explosive disorder.

Narrow1 Broad-only1 Broad1
I. Lifetime % (se) % (se) % (se) F1,623 (p-value)




 Psychiatrist 30.4 (2.5) 22.3 (3.9) 28.3 (2.4) 3.7 (.06)
 Other mental health specialist 28.5 (2.1) 26.2 (3.4) 27.9 (1.7) 0.3 (.59)
 General medical 27.4 (2.2) 25.9 (3.9) 27.0 (1.8) 0.1 (.75)
 Human services 17.4 (2.2) 13.9 (3.3) 16.5 (2.0) 0.8 (.39)
 CAM 18.1 (1.9) 15.2 (2.8) 17.4 (1.7) 0.8 (.38)
 Any treatment 61.6 (2.4) 56.5 (4.5) 60.3 (2.3) 1.2 (.27)
 Any treatment for IED 32.4* (1.8) 18.3 (3.3) 28.8 (1.8) 12.4 (.001)
(n) (463) (162) (625)
Narrow2 Intermediate-only2 Broad-only2 Broad2
II. Twelve-month % (se) % (se) % (se) % (se) F2,347 (p-value)





 Psychiatrist 9.5 (2.0) 10.9 (4.1) 6.7 (3.1) 9.5 (1.7) 0.4 (.68)
 Other mental health specialist 12.5 (2.0) 7.4 (3.2) 12.4 (4.7) 11.4 (1.7) 0.7 (.51)
 General medical 15.8 (3.2) 10.2 (3.1) 22.4 (6.1) 15.5 (2.3) 1.6 (.21)
 Human services 6.7 (2.3) 8.3 (3.7) 12.4 (5.4) 7.7 (1.9) 0.6 (.55)
 CAM 3.6 (1.2) 3.7 (2.2) 5.2 (3.4) 3.8 (1.1) 0.2 (.85)
 Any treatment 33.2 (3.7) 31.2 (6.1) 40.4 (7.2) 33.6 (2.7) 0.5 (.61)
 Any treatment for IED 13.2 (2.1) 7.7 (3.1) 10.0 (4.4) 11.7 (1.8) 1.3 (.29)
(n) (230) (71) (49) (350)
*

Significant difference in prevalence across the narrow, intermediate-only, and broad-only sub-samples at the .05 level, two-sided test

1

Narrow = three or more 12-month attacks; Intermediate-only = lifetime narrow and one or two 12-month attacks; Broad-only = lifetime broad and one or two 12-month attacks; Broad = Narrow or Broad-only.

2

Narrow = three or more 12-month attacks; Intermediate-only = lifetime narrow and one or two 12-month attacks; Broad-only = lifetime broad and one or two 12-month attacks; Broad = Narrow or Intermediate-only or Broad-only.