TY - BOOK ID - 145880168 TI - Impulse control disorders AU - Aboujaoude, Elias AU - Koran, Lorrin M. PY - 2010 SN - 1107212359 0511846614 1283149532 0511713452 9786613149534 051171470X 0511712626 0511715951 051171193X 0511722761 PB - New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Impulse control disorders. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145880168 AB - 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. ER -