Impulse Control Disorder
Specialty. Psychiatry, clinical psychology. Impulse-control disorder (ICD) is a class of psychiatric disorders characterized by impulsivity – failure to resist a temptation, an urge, or an impulse; or having the inability to not speak on a thought.
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Wiki Number: W104
Diagnosis: Impulse Control Disorder
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Brain Area: striatum
Symptoms: impulsivity-failure to resist a temptation, an urge, or having the inability not to speak on a thought: sexual compulsion,
Progression: internet addiction, compulsive shopping, pyromania, intermittent explosive disorder, kleptomania, trichotillomania
Causes: complications of late Parkinson’s disease, alcohol dependence, obsessive-compulsive disorder
Medications: varies by type of impulse;
Therapies: CBT, varies by type of impulse
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- The Prevalence of Impulse Control Disorders and Behavioral Addictions in Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysisby Daniel J Devoe on January 24, 2022
Aim: Individuals with eating disorders (EDs) may present with impulse control disorders (ICDs) and behavioral addictions (BAs), which may result in additional suffering and treatment resistance. However, the prevalence of ICDs and BAs in EDs has not been systematically examined. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the prevalence of ICDs and BAs in ED samples. Methods: A comprehensive electronic database search of the peer-reviewed literature was conducted in the...
- Psychological morbidity following spinal cord injury and among those without spinal cord injury: the impact of chronic centralized and neuropathic painby Mark D Peterson on January 21, 2022
CONCLUSIONS: Adults with SCI have a higher incidence of and risk for common psychological morbidities, as compared to adults without SCI. Efforts are needed to facilitate the development of early interventions to reduce risk of chronic centralized and neuropathic pain and psychological morbidity onset/progression in this higher risk population.
- Association of impulsivity with quality of life and well-being after alcohol withdrawal treatmentby Daniela Reichl on January 19, 2022
CONCLUSION: Impulsivity seems to be negatively related to health-related quality of life and well-being in the first weeks after alcohol withdrawal treatment, probably to a higher extent than drinking patterns, but differentiating between its facets seems to be important. These findings emphasize the importance of treatment approaches aiming at reduced impulsivity in the early recovery process.
- Acceptance of mixed gambles is sensitive to the range of gains and losses experienced, and estimates of lambda (λ) are not a reliable measure of loss aversion: Reply to André and de Langhe (2020)by Lukasz Walasek on January 13, 2022
Walasek and Stewart (2015) demonstrated that loss aversion estimated from fitting accept-reject choice data from a set of 50-50 gambles can be made to disappear or even reverse by manipulating the range of gains and losses experienced in different conditions. André and de Langhe (2020) critique this conclusion because in estimating loss aversion on different choice sets, Walasek and Stewart (2015) have violated measurement invariance. They show, and we agree, that when loss aversion is estimated...