Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Psychiatric classifications have traditionally recognized a number of conditions as representing impulse control dis-orders. These have included pathological gambling, inter-mittent explosive disorder, kleptomania, pyromania, and trichotillomania. In 1992, theWorldHealthOrganization (WHO) described habit and impulse disorders (F63) as characterized by repeat-ed acts that have no clear rational motivation, generally harm the person’s own interests and those of other people, and are associatedwith impulses the person experiences as uncontrol-lable (1). In DSM-IV-TR, the American Psychiatric Associa-tion further characterized these impulse control disorders as being preceded by a rise in tension before the behaviour or when resisting the behaviour, and followed by pleasure, grati-fication, or relief of tension (2).
Source: World Psychiatry
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20115
Institutions: University of Chicago, Fırat University, University of Hertfordshire, University of Cambridge, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Hyogo Medical University, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Columbia University, Aarhus University Hospital, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, King's College London, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Texas A&M University, University of Cape Town
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: World Health Organization
OpenAlex ID: W2029913776