Why is impulsive aggression in children so difficult to treat?

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Maladaptive and impulsive aggression is explosive, triggered by routine environmental cues, and intended to harm another person, making it a significant challenge for clinicians, family members, and others who interact with affected children and adolescents. Efforts to develop effective treatments would benefit from better descriptive and quantitative methods to characterize this disorder, as described in an article (http://online.liebertpub.com/