Epidemiologic and clinical updates on impulse control disorders: a critical review

The article reviews the current knowledge about the impulse control disorders (ICDs) with specific emphasis on epidemiological and pharmacological advances. In addition to the traditional ICDs present in the DSM-IV—pathological gambling, trichotillomania, kleptomania, pyromania and intermittent explosive disorder—a brief description of the new proposed ICDs—compulsive–impulsive (C–I) Internet usage disorder, C–I sexual behaviors, C–I skin picking and C–I shopping—is provided. Specifically, the article summarizes the phenomenology, epidemiology and comorbidity of the ICDs. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between ICDs and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). Finally, current pharmacological options for treating ICDs are presented and discussed.

• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

• Publication date

  2006-09-07

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1007/s00406-006-0668-0PMID 16960655PMCID 1705499
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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