Impulse Control Disorder

Impulse Control Disorder. Lesson 8.

Impulse control Disorder. Are commonly psychiatric conditions in which affected individuals typically report significant impairment in social and occupational functioning, and may incur legal and financial difficulties as well..

Intermittent E xplosive Disorder. It refers to person’s irresistible outburst of anger or extreme temper tantrums..

Kleptomania. It refers to the urge of an individual to steal small items that usually have very little value.

Pathological Gambling. It refers to person’s inability to stop gambling..

Trichotillomania. It is an impulse to twirl and pull hair or an urge to eat hair that leads to hair loss ..

Unspecified Impulse Control Disorder. It Occurs when someone has symptoms from various impulse-control disorder, but it is not able to be singled down to one.

Compulsive Sexual Behavior. It refers to an excessive or uncontrolled sexual behavior or thoughts that leads to marked distress and social,occupational,legal and/or financial consequences.

Pyromania. It is characterized by the following diagnostic criteria deliberate and purposeful fire setting on more than one occasion, tension or effective arousal before the act..

Impulse Control Disorder and Criminality : Research Findings.