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

Author
EconTalk: Russ Roberts
Published
Fri 16 Jun 2006
Episode Link
http://www.econlib.org/library/Downloads/Robertsdisorder.mp3

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?

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