Discusses different forms of compulsive disorders, and includes questionaires to identify disorders, accounts of people with disorders, and explanations of new treatments.
Dr. Jon Grant and Dr. S. W. Kim direct the Impulse Control Disorders Clinic at the University of Minnesota Department of Psychiatry, where they conduct pioneering work in the field. Their patient population includes people engaging in pathological gambling, kleptomania, compulsive shopping, compulsive sexual behavior, skin picking, and trichotillomania. Drs. Grant and Kim's work has been featured on National Public Radio, the BBC, and in USA Today.