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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- Frequency of Impulsive-Compulsive Behavior and Associated Psychological Factors in Parkinson's Disease: Lack of Control or Too Much of It?by Alexandros Kapsomenakis on November 25, 2023
Background and Objectives: Impulse Control Disorders (ICDs) including pathological gambling, hypersexuality, compulsive eating, compulsive buying, and other related behaviors are well-known distinct non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's Disease (PD). Some large-scale studies present a prevalence of at least 10%, however, there are other reports providing much higher rates. The majority of the conducted studies investigating ICDs focus mainly on pharmacological factors, however, from a psychological...
- Odds of gambling among adolescents: a secondary analysis of the cross-sectional European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugsby Ciara Marie Edel Reynolds on November 24, 2023
BACKGROUND: Gambling among adolescents is associated with gambling disorder in adulthood. This study investigated factors associated with gambling and excessive gambling in adolescents.
- Sleep Quality and Self-Stigma Mediate the Association Between Problematic Use of Social Media and Quality of Life Among People With Schizophrenia in Taiwan: A Longitudinal Studyby Mohsen Saffari on November 24, 2023
CONCLUSION: Sleep quality and self-stigma mediated relationships between PUSM and QoL in people with schizophrenia. Developing interventions targeting PUSM, sleep, and self-stigma may help improve QoL in people with schizophrenia.
- Altered impulsivity across drug-naïve parkinsonism, isolated REM sleep behavior disorder, and their high-risk relativesby Li Zhou on November 24, 2023
OBJECTIVE: To determine multidimensional impulsivity levels across different early stages of α-synucleinopathy.