Intermittent Explosive Disorder: Mental Illness or Made-Up Malady?

EconTalk

• Episode: Intermittent Explosive Disorder: Mental Illness or Made-Up Malady?
• Website: EconTalk
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• Duration: 00:24:13
• Published: 2006-06-16 20:00

Russ Roberts looks at the economics and science of intermittent explosive disorder--violent rage out of proportion to its cause. Was the recent study that discovered this problem good science or unreliable? Was the media coverage of the study accurate? How do state insurance regulations create incentives for intellectual dishonesty?