Outsmarting Anger: 7 Strategies for Defusing Our Most Dangerous Emotion

"Outsmarting Anger is vibrant, comprehensive, and smart--an in-depth exploration that's an easy read, practical, and, most important, helpful."
--Samuel Shem, MD, PhD, author, The House of God and The Spirit of the Place

"Joe Shrand's unique and brilliantly organized perspective on perhaps the most primitive yet mysterious of human emotions is an essential read for anyone faced with taming anger that emanates either from within or without."
--Eric J. Parker, trial lawyer and managing partner, Parker Scheer LLP, Boston

"In Outsmarting Anger, Dr. Joseph Shrand expresses brilliantly the causes of this most disturbing human emotion and explains how we can all try to control it and even sometimes benefit from it."
--Philip W. Johnston, former New England administrator for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

"Combining an accessible translation of contemporary neuroscience, maturity as a seasoned clinician, good ole common sense, and straight talk, Joe Shrand has written a practical guide to help defuse the destructiveness of anger--ours as much as others'."
--Andres Martin, MD, MPH, editor-in-chief, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry