Impulse Control Disorders - Research News and Information

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Acute effects of cocaine on the neurobiology of cognitive control.

10 Oct 2008 Compromised ability to exert control over drug urges and drug-seeking behaviour is a characteristic of addiction. One specific cognitive control function, impulse control, has been shown to be a risk factor for the development of substance problems ... Read more...

[Pathological gambling and Parkinson disease]

30 Aug 2008 Pathological gambling (PG) is defined by the DSM IV criteria as inappropriate, persistent, and maladaptive gambling behavior that has repercussions on family, personal, and professional life. It is classified as an impulse control disorder and is ... Read more...

Characteristics of problem gamblers 56 years of age or older: a statewide study of casino self-excluders.

30 Aug 2008 Gambling among older adults appears to be increasing, though little is known about the characteristics of older adult problem gamblers. The purpose of this study was to compare older adults to younger and middle-aged adults in a cohort of problem ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Impulse Control Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Issues for DSM-V: suicidal behavior as a separate diagnosis on a separate axis. 30 Oct 2008
• Acute effects of cocaine on the neurobiology of cognitive control. 10 Oct 2008
• [Pathological gambling and Parkinson disease] 30 Aug 2008
• Characteristics of problem gamblers 56 years of age or older: a statewide study of casino self-excluders. 30 Aug 2008
• [Treatment of compulsive buying] 30 Jul 2008
• Actigraph data are reliable, with functional reliability increasing with aggregation. 30 Jul 2008
• Impulse-control disorders in Parkinson's disease. 30 Jul 2008
• Co-morbidity in adults with ADHD. 30 Jul 2008
• Management of obsessive-compulsive disorder-related skin picking with gamma knife radiosurgical anterior capsulotomies: a case report. 30 Jul 2008
• [Cadet Rousslell syndrome, the rule of three according to Akiskal in the shadow of bipolar depression] 19 Jul 2008
• Self-reported early trauma as a predictor of adult personality: a study in a military sample. 29 Jun 2008
• In this issue/abstract thinking: primary care providers and ADHD in community settings. 29 Jun 2008
• Treating comorbid anxiety and aggression in children. 29 Jun 2008
• Assessing impulsivity changes in Alzheimer disease. 29 Jun 2008
• Amygdala volume associated with alcohol abuse relapse and craving. 29 Jun 2008
• Effectiveness of community-based treatment for problem gambling: a quasi-experimental evaluation of cognitive-behavioral vs. twelve-step therapy. 29 Jun 2008
• Facets of impulsivity are differentially linked to insomnia: evidence from an exploratory study. 29 Jun 2008
• Real-time craving and mood assessments before and after smoking. 29 Jun 2008
• Self-esteem in children with attention and/or learning deficits: the importance of gender. 26 Jun 2008
• Depressed patients with co-occurring alcohol use disorders: a unique patient population. 30 May 2008

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Technical information about 'Impulse Control Disorders'

Definition: Disorders whose essential features are the failure to resist an impulse, drive, or temptation to perform an act that is harmful to the individual or to others. Individuals experience an increased sense of tension prior to the act and pleasure, gratification or release of tension at the time of committing the act.

Descriptor UI: D007174

Alternative terms: Impulse Control Disorders; Disorders, Impulse Control; Impulse-Control Disorders; Intermittent Explosive Disorder; Disorders, Intermittent Explosive; Explosive Disorder, Intermittent; Intermittent Explosive Disorders; Kleptomania;

Related Mesh Headings: Paraphilias; Substance-Related Disorders;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.500;

Online Note: use OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER to search KLEPTOMANIA 1966-80

History Note: KLEPTOMANIA was see under NEUROSES, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE 1963-80