Impulse Control Disorders

by Edited by Elias Aboujaoude , Lorrin M. Koran

• ISBN13: 9780521898706
• ISBN10: 0521898706
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-08
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

In the last decade, much needed attention and research has been focused on the group of psychiatric conditions termed "impulse control disorders" or ICDs. Pathological gambling, compulsive shopping, kleptomania, hypersexuality, Internet "addiction," among other disorders, are characterized by a recurrent urge to perform a repetitive behavior that is gratifying in the moment but causes significant long-term distress and disability. Despite the high rate of co-morbidity with obsessive compulsive disorder, ICDs are now clearly distinguished from these disorders with a unique clinical approach for diagnosis and treatment. A wide array of psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic options is now available for treating these disorders. Drs. Elias Aboujaoude and Lorrin M. Koran have compiled the world's foremost experts in ICD research and treatment to create a comprehensive book on the frequency, evolution, treatment, and related public policy, public health, forensic, and medical issues of these disorders. This is the first book to bring together medical and social knowledge bases related to impulse control disorders.

Author Biography

Elias Aboujaoude, MD, is Director of the Impulse Disorders Clinic at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California. Lorrin M. Koran, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus, and Director of the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Acquisitive Impulses
Compulsive Buying: Clinical Aspects	p. 5
Compulsive Buying: Cultural Contributors and Consequences	p. 23
Kleptomania: Clinical Aspects	p. 34
Kleptomania and the Law	p. 45
Pathological Gambling: Clinical Aspects	p. 51
Pathological Gambling: Promoting Risk, Provoking Ruin	p. 75
Cash and Casinos: An Indian Perspective	p. 89
Pellicular Impulses
Trichotillomania: Clinical Aspects	p. 97
Trichotillomania: The View from Dermatology	p. 111
How to Create a National Advocacy Organization	p. 118
Skin Picking: Clinical Aspects	p. 124
Skin Picking: The View from Dermatology	p. 138
Onychophagia (Nail Biting): Clinical Aspects	p. 144
Nail Biting and Other Oral Habits: A Dentist's Perspective	p. 157
Information-Seeking Impulses
Problematic Internet Use: Clinical Aspects	p. 167
Virtual Violence: The Games People Play	p. 182
Counseling in Cyberspace: Your E-Therapist Is on Call	p. 189
Sexual and Aggressive Impulses
Hypersexuality: Clinical Aspects	p. 197
The Sex Industry: Public Vice, Hidden Victims	p. 213
Intermittent Explosive Disorder: Clinical Aspects	p. 221
Violence against Women: Preventing a Social Scourge	p. 233
Intimate Partner Violence: Aggression at Close Quarters	p. 240
Pyromania: Clinical Aspects	p. 255
Arson: Choking off the Flames	p. 269
Treatment Guidelines	p. 275
List of Scales and Assessment Instruments	p. 280
Index	p. 297
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