Impulsive Behavior - Epidemiology
Research News and Information

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Familial aggregation of suicide explained by cluster B traits: a three-group family study of suicide controlling for major depressive disorder.

13 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: There is substantial evidence suggesting that suicide aggregates in families. However, the extent of overlap between the liability to suicide and psychiatric disorders, particularly major depressive disorder, remains an important issue. ... Read more...

Bipolar spectrum-substance use co-occurrence: Behavioral approach system (BAS) sensitivity and impulsiveness as shared personality vulnerabilities.

30 Aug 2009 Bipolar disorders and substance use disorders (SUDs) show high co-occurrence. One explanation for this co-occurrence may be common personality vulnerabilities involved in both. The authors tested whether high behavioral approach system (BAS) ... Read more...

Prospective relations between growth in drinking and familial stressors across adolescence.

30 Jul 2009 Although there is much empirical support for the relation between stress and alcohol consumption in adolescence, it is unclear whether exposure to stressors is associated with overall trajectories or temporary elevations in drinking. Moreover, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Impulsive Behavior - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Familial aggregation of suicide explained by cluster B traits: a three-group family study of suicide controlling for major depressive disorder. 13 Sep 2009
• Bipolar spectrum-substance use co-occurrence: Behavioral approach system (BAS) sensitivity and impulsiveness as shared personality vulnerabilities. 30 Aug 2009
• Prospective relations between growth in drinking and familial stressors across adolescence. 30 Jul 2009
• [Correlation of snoring with attention deficit and hyperactivity-impulsivity in school age children from Changsha City] 29 Jun 2009
• Efficacy of neurofeedback treatment in ADHD: the effects on inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity: a meta-analysis. 29 Jun 2009
• Impulsivity, frontal lobes and risk for addiction. May 2009
• Hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattention (HIA) and conduct problems among African American youth: the roles of neighborhood and gender. 29 Apr 2009
• Heterogeneity in ADHD: neuropsychological pathways, comorbidity and symptom domains. 29 Apr 2009
• Associations of the DRD2 TaqIA polymorphism with impulsivity and substance use: preliminary results from a clinical sample of adolescents. 30 Mar 2009
• Prevalence of at-risk drinking among a national sample of medical students. 30 Mar 2009
• Dimensions of psychopathy in relation to suicidal and self-injurious behavior. 30 Mar 2009
• The association between adult ADHD symptoms and internet addiction among college students: the gender difference. 30 Mar 2009
• Affective lability and impulsivity in a clinical sample of women with bulimia nervosa: the role of affect in severely dysregulated behavior. 30 Mar 2009
• Impulsivity and personality variables in adolescents with eating disorders. 30 Mar 2009
• Psychological subtyping finds pathological, impulsive, and 'normal' groups among adolescents who self-harm. 29 Mar 2009
• Predicting gambling behavior in sixth grade from kindergarten impulsivity: a tale of developmental continuity. 27 Feb 2009
• Differentiating impulsive and premeditated aggression: self and informant perspectives among adolescents with personality pathology. 30 Jan 2009
• Emotion dysregulation as a core feature of borderline personality disorder. 30 Jan 2009
• Confinement and sleep deprivation effects on propensity to take risks. 30 Jan 2009
• Driving under the influence of cannabis: links with dangerous driving, psychological predictors, and accident involvement. 15 Jan 2009

See a longer list of these articles.

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