Impulse Control Disorders

Description

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.

· Combines medical and social perspectives for diagnosis and treatment
· Comprehensively covers a wide range of disorders, from trichotillomania to hypersexuality
· Chapters written by leading experts in the field, with cutting-edge treatment options

Contents

Part I. Acquisitive Impulses:
1. Compulsive buying: clinical aspects Donald W. Black
2. Compulsive buying: cultural contributors and consequences April Lane Benson, Helga Dittmar, and Reeta Wolfsohn
3. Kleptomania: clinical aspects Lorrin M. Koran, Dana Bodnik, and Pinhas N. Dannon
4. Kleptomania and the law Brad Novak
5. Pathological gambling: clinical aspects Jon E. Grant and Brian L. Odlaug
6. Pathological gambling: promoting risk, possessing ruin Laura M. Letson
7. Cash and casinos: an Indian perspective Eileen M. Luna

Part II. Pellicular Impulses:
8. Trichotillomania: clinical aspects Michael R. Walther, Benjamin T. P. Tucker, and Douglas W. Woods
9. Trichotillomania: the view from dermatology Drew Miller and Amy McMichael
10. How to create a national advocacy organization Christina S. Pearson
11. Skin picking: clinical aspects Celal Calikusu and Ozlem Tecer
12. Skin picking: the view from dermatology Rungsima Wanitphakdeedecha and Tina S. Alster
13. Nail biting: clinical aspects Timothy Ivor Williams
14. Nail biting and other oral habits: a dental perspective Sven E. Widmalm and Duane C. McKay

Part III. Information-Seeking Impulses:
15. Problematic Internet use: clinical aspects Timothy Liu and Marc N. Potenza
16. Virtual violence: the games people play Vladan Starcevic and Guy Porter
17. Counseling in cyberspace: your e-therapist is on call John H. Greist

Part IV. Sexual and Aggressive Impulses:
18. Hypersexuality: clinical aspects Peer Briken, Andreas Hill, and Wolfgang Berner
19. The sex industry: public vice, hidden victims William M. Spice
20. Intermittent explosive disorder: clinical aspects Emil F. Coccaro and Michael S. McCloskey
21. Violence against women: preventing a social scourge Joan C. Chrisler and Sheila Ferguson
22. Intimate partner violence: aggression at close quarters Christy M. McKinney and Raul Caetano
23. Pyromania: clinical aspects Candice Germain and Michel Lejoyeux
24. Arson: choking off the flames Paul Schwartzman.

About the Authors

Elias Aboujaoude, Stanford University School of Medicine, California
Elias Aboujaoude, MD, is Director of the Impulse Disorders Clinic at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
Lorrin M. Koran, Stanford University School of Medicine, 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.