Impulse Control Disorders

Lorrin M Koran

ISBN 10: 0521898706 / ISBN 13: 9780521898706

Published by Cambridge University Press Feb 2010, 2010

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Neuware - 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 collated 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Impulse Control Disorders
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Feb 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521898706
• ISBN 13: 9780521898706
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 269W x 187H x 23D millimeters 269 millimeters width by 187 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 765 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

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 Emeritus in Psychiatry and Director of the Obsessive Compulsive Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.