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Definition
Impulse-Control Disorders Types
Treatment ( Psychotherapy )
Treatment ( Pharmacotherapy )

Definition

Impulse-Control Disorders are disorders in which a person act on a certain impulse, that is potentially harmful, but they cannot resist.

Impulse-Control Disorders ( N.E.Class. )

Impulse-Control Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.  ( NOS )
Intermittent Explosive Disorder.
Kleptomania.
Pathological Gambling.
Pyromania.
Trichotillomania.

Treatment ( Psychotherapy )

Adlerian Therapy
Behavior Therapy
Cognitive-behavioral Therapy
Existential Therapy
Gestalt Therapy
Person-centered Therapy
Psychoanalytic
Rational-emotive Therapy
Reality Therapy
Transactional Analysis

Treatment ( Pharmacotherapy )