Impulse control disorders are a group of behaviors that cause the inability to resist an impulsive act or behavior that may be harmful to the sufferer or others. There are six types of impulse control disorders: Trichotillomania (the uncontrollable plucking of one’s own hair); intermittent explosive disorder (an inability to control violent impulses); pathological gambling (the uncontrollable impulse to gamble); kleptomania (an inability to resist the urge to steal); pyromania (the inability to control the impulse to set fires); and not otherwise specified, including sexual addiction, repetitive self-mutilation and compulsive shopping.
Departments and Programs Who Treat This Condition
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Psychiatry
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