IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER Flashcards
How does the patient feel after satisfying IMPULSE?
Remorse & Guilt about the act
ICD is more common in
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Pathological Fire Setting Behaviour
Pyromania
Pyromania is ASSOCIATED with
- Substance abuse disorder (ALCOHOLISM)
- AFFECTIVE DISORDER (Depression, Bipolar Disorder)
- Personality Disturbance (BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER)
- ADHD & LEARNING DISABILITIES
- OTHER ICDs (KLEPTOMANIA in ♀️ fire setters)
Stealing things of No or less value
Kleptomania
Important features to diagnose KLEPTOMANIA
- NOT for personal gain(Use) or monetary value
- NOT TO EXPRESS ANGER OR VENGEANCE
- NOT IN RESPONSE TO DELUSION (OR) HALLUCINATION
- NOT PLANNED
- NOT EXPLAINED BY CONDUCT DISORDER, MANIAC EPISODE OR ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER
Compulsive buying DISORDER
Oniomania
Sexual addiction is known as
Compulsive Sexual Behaviour
EXPLOSIVE PERSONALITY
⭐ Intermittent explosive disorder
Typically CAUSE HARM to OTHERS
No aggressiveness BETWEEN episodes
After episode: Regret or self reproach
💊💉 MANAGEMENT of EXPLOSIVE PERSONALITY
Mood stabilizer
SSRI
Anti-epileptics: Carbamazepine
🔬DIAGNOSIS of EXPLOSIVE PERSONALITY
Significant HARM ➕: 3 episodes/year
Significant HARM ⛔: 2 episode/week * 3 months
Low CSF 5-HIAA levels
Impulsive aggression
Neurotransmitters ASSOCIATED with IMPULSIVE DISORDERS
Serotonin ⬇️ ⬇️