Impulse control disorders
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 ch…
"Impulsivity: The Behavioral and Neurological Science of Discounting explores the basis for the seemingly universal tendency to devalue rewards or punishments that are not immediately available. When confronted with any number of behavioral choices-such as whether to use drugs, …
If you feel you are no longer in control of your behavior, that your actions may have interfered with your family, social, or working life, this workbook can help you take back control. Impulse control disorders (ICDs) include pathological gambling (PG), kleptomania/compulsive s…
This volume is a self-help book for people coping with shopping addiction, overspending and debt. The author, a former over-shopper, provides the know-how to understand and control shopping instincts and to encourage savvy spending. She culls together stories, exercises, theory,…
Impulsivity, to varying degrees, is what underlies human behavior and decision-making processes. As such, a thorough examination of impulsivity allows us to better understand modes of normal behavior and action as well as a range of related psychopathological disorders, includin…
Impulsivity, to varying degrees, is what underlies human behavior and decision-making processes. As such, a thorough examination of impulsivity allows us to better understand modes of normal behavior and action as well as a range of related psychopathological disorders, includin…