Impulse Flashcards
__________ is a disposition to act to decrease heightened tension caused by buildup of instinctual drives or by diminished ego defenses against the drives.
Impulse
______________ disorders attempt to bypass the experience of disabling symptoms or painful effects by acting on the environment.
Impulse control
________________ disorder is characterized by discrete episodes of losing control of aggressive impulses. These have an acute onset and remit spontaneously. They are most often described as a spell or attack by the patient, who feels genuine regret or remorse afterward.
Intermittent Explosive disorder
Verbal aggression, such as temper tantrums, tirades, and verbal arguments, or physical aggression, such as toward animals, property, or other persons, that occurs twice weekly for a period of 3 months is indicative of _________________ disorder.
Intermittent Explosive disorder
Three behavioral outbursts involving damage or destruction of property or physical injury against animals or people in a 12 month period is diagnostic of ________________ disorder.
Intermittent Explosive disorder
(T/F) The magnitude of aggressiveness expressed during the recurrent outbursts exhibited in Intermittent Explosive disorder is grossly out of proportion to the provocation or stressor.
True.
The recurrent aggressive outbursts in Intermittent Explosive Disorder (are/are not) premeditated.
Are not
Intermittent Explosive disorder typically onsets during (early/late) adolescence.
Late
Intermittent Explosive disorder is more common in (males/females).
Males
What is the course of treatment for Intermittent Explosive Disorder?
- Psychotherapy
- Pharmacotherapy
______________ is the recurrent failure to resist impulses to steal objects that are not needed for personal use or for their monetary value. There is an increasing sense of tension within the individual before committing the theft, followed by pleasure or gratification after the theft.
Kleptomania
In kleptomania, stealing (is/is not) committed to express anger or vengeance.
Is not
Fewer than __% of shoplifters actually have kleptomania, which is prevalent in only __% of the population.
- Fewer than 5% of shoplifters
- Prevalent in only 0.6% of the population
Kleptomania is more common in (males/females) by a ratio of 3:1.
Females
Kleptomania typically onsets during (early/late) adolescence.
Late
What is the course of treatment for kleptomania?
- Behavioral therapy
- SSRIs
The deliberate and purposeful fire setting on more than one occasion, marked by tension or arousal before the act and followed by pleasure or gratification after, is referred to as ______________.
Pyromania
(T/F) Patients suffering from pyromania display a fascination with, interest in, or curiosity about fire and its situational contexts.
True.
Pyromania is more common in (males/females).
Males
Pyromania typically onsets during (early/late) adolescence.
Late
What is the course of treatment for pyromania?
Mostly psychotherapy
_____________ is the persistent and recurrent problematic gambling behavior. This behavior leads to clinically significant impairment or distress.
Gambling disorder
Patients suffering from gambling disorder must display four signs from a list of symptoms for 12 months in order to be diagnosed. What is the list of symptoms?
- Preoccupation with gambling
- Needs to gamble with increasing amounts of money to achieve desired excitement
- Unsuccessful attempts or efforts to stop
- Restless or irritable when attempting to stop
- Gambles when distressed
- After losing, returns next day to get even
- Lies about extent of gambling
- Committed illegal acts to finance gambling
- Jeopardized relationship, job, education for gambling
- Relies on others to provide money to relieve financial situation caused by gambling
Gambling disorder has a prevalence of __% of the general population.
1%