Definition
Aggression is a behavioral disorder that manifests itself as a propensity to harm someone or something. It can occur either in verbal form (with insults, threats or bad language), or in physical form (the subject shouts, cries, throws objects, beats, tries to bite or scratches).
In general, aggression is the expression of an instinct or an emotional reaction to a frustrating event, from which the subject feels threatened. In other cases, aggression is considered a behavioral characteristic learned over time.
Aggression also manifests itself in many psychiatric disorders: it appears as a symptom of neurosis, psychosis, schizophrenia, autism, dementia, alcoholism and substance abuse such as amphetamines.
Anxiety, fear, agitation, nervousness and anger are all moods that can trigger aggressive behavior. Aggression can also be induced by a physical illness, as happens during diseases that cause chronic pain.
Even the abuse of anabolic steroids is able to trigger aggressive behavior; among the drugs associated with a possible increase in aggression are several antidepressants (desvenlafaxine, venlafaxine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, fluoxetine) and varenicline (a smoking cessation drug).
Possible Causes * of Aggressiveness
- Alcoholism
- Nervous anorexia
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Binge drinking
- Bulimia
- Vascular dementia
- Major depression
- Postpartum depression
- Bipolar disorder
- Cyclothymic disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Huntington's disease
- Alzheimer's disease
- Pellagra
- Porphyria
- Schizophrenia
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Asperger syndrome
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- Tourette syndrome
- Feto-alcohol syndrome
- Premenstrual syndrome
