Created with Sketch. Impulse control disorders are often treated with a combination of medication and therapy. Kleptomania, for example, is often treated with SSRIs, while intermittent explosive ...

Over the past ten years, Dr Potenza's research efforts have focused on pathological gambling and other impulse control disorders and their relationships with other psychiatric disorders ...

Spain Background Impulse control disorders (ICDs) encompass a wide spectrum of abnormal behaviour frequently found in cases of Parkinson's disease (PD) treated with dopamine agonists (DAs). The main ...

When a terrible crime occurs – for example, a multiple killing – people often hold two contradictory reactions in their minds ...

A Plus One student's death threat highlights the urgency of addressing children's behavioural problems. Learn about causes, ...

Common money disorders include pathological gambling, overspending and compulsive shopping, financial dependence, financial ...

I’m on my third marriage. Due to past struggles with hypersexuality, mania, and very poor impulse control, I’ve had a lot of bad outcomes in the love department. If my story were the only example, it ...

This is known as comorbid personality disorders. Individuals can experience traits of multiple personality disorders simultaneously. For example ... identities can take control at different ...

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