Impulsive Behavior - Drug therapy
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Impulsiveness as a timing disturbance: neurocognitive abnormalities in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder during temporal processes and normalization with methylphenidate.

10 Jul 2009 We argue that impulsiveness is characterized by compromised timing functions such as premature motor timing, decreased tolerance to delays, poor temporal foresight and steeper temporal discounting. A model illustration for the association between ... Read more...

Meta-analyses of mood stabilizers, antidepressants and antipsychotics in the treatment of borderline personality disorder: effectiveness for depression and anger symptoms.

30 Mar 2009 The objective of our study was to complete separate meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials of mood stabilizers, antidepressants and antipsychotics to determine whether these medications are efficacious for depression and anger symptoms in ... Read more...

Characterizing impulsivity in mania.

30 Jan 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether specific aspects of impulsivity (response disinhibition, inability to delay gratification, inattention) differ between healthy and bipolar manic subjects, and whether these aspects of impulsivity were associated with ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Impulsive Behavior - Drug therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Impulsiveness as a timing disturbance: neurocognitive abnormalities in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder during temporal processes and normalization with methylphenidate. 10 Jul 2009
• Meta-analyses of mood stabilizers, antidepressants and antipsychotics in the treatment of borderline personality disorder: effectiveness for depression and anger symptoms. 30 Mar 2009
• Low cholesterol, impulsivity and the economy. 10 Mar 2009
• Characterizing impulsivity in mania. 30 Jan 2009
• Alpha-2 adrenergic agonists in children with inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness. 30 Dec 2008
• Placebo-controlled, randomized trial of fluoxetine in the treatment of aggression in male intimate partner abusers. 30 Oct 2008
• Treatment of inattention, overactivity, and impulsiveness in autism spectrum disorders. 29 Sep 2008
• Methylphenidate improves response inhibition but not reflection-impulsivity in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). 24 Sep 2008
• Aripiprazole effects on alcohol consumption and subjective reports in a clinical laboratory paradigm--possible influence of self-control. 6 Sep 2008
• Preliminary evidence of improvement of depressive symptoms but not impulsivity in cluster B personality disorder patients treated with quetiapine: an open label trial. 30 Aug 2008
• Effects of the atypical stimulant modafinil on a brief gambling episode in pathological gamblers with high vs. low impulsivity. 24 Jun 2008
• Ayahuasca versus violence--a case report. 29 Apr 2008
• Use of escitalopram in psychogenic excoriation. 29 Apr 2008
• Bupropion improves attention but does not affect impulsive behavior in healthy young adults. 30 Mar 2008
• Advancing the spontaneous hypertensive rat model of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. 30 Mar 2008
• Efficacy of quetiapine for impulsivity and affective symptoms in borderline personality disorder. 30 Mar 2008
• The neuropharmacology of impulsive behaviour. 2 Mar 2008
• Use of clonidine in children with autism spectrum disorders. 13 Feb 2008
• Levetiracetam in patients with impulsive aggression: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. 30 Jan 2008
• [Pipamperone and the treatment of impulsive aggressive behaviour] 30 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Impulsive Behavior'

Definition: An act performed without delay, reflection, voluntary direction or obvious control in response to a stimulus.

Descriptor UI: D007175

Alternative terms: Impulsive Behavior; Behavior, Impulsive; Behaviors, Impulsive; Impulsive Behaviors;

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: F01.145.527;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: use Cat F3 qualif