Clinical Manual of Impulse-Control Disorders

Visibility of impulse-control disorders (ICDs) has never
been greater than it is today, both in the field of psychiatry and in
popular culture. Changes in both society and technology have contributed to
the importance of conceptualizing, assessing, and treating impulse-control
disorders (ICDs). The ground-breaking Clinical Manual of Impulse-Control
Disorders focuses on all of the different ICDs as a
group.

Here, 25 recognized experts provide cutting-edge, concise, and
practical information about ICDs, beginning with the phenomenology,
assessment, and classification of impulsivity as a core symptom domain that
cuts across and drives the expression of these complex disorders. Subsequent
chapters discuss


* Intermittent explosive disorder, an often overlooked ICD
characterized by impulsive aggression.
* Childhood conduct
disorder and the antisocial spectrum.
* Self-injurious
behavior and its relationship to impulsive aggression and childhood
trauma.
* Sexual compulsions and their serious public health
implications.
* Binge eating, a highly familial disorder
associated with serious medical complications and psychopathology.
*
Trichotillomania, which may be related to obsessive-compulsive
disorder, skin picking, and nail biting.
* Kleptomania, a
heterogeneous disorder that shares features with ICDs as well as with mood,
anxiety, and addictive disorders.
* Compulsive shopping, more
common in women, with treatments ranging from self-help and financial
counseling to trials with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
*
Pyromania and how it differs from arson.
* Pathological
gambling, a maladaptive behavioral addiction that is increasing in
step with legalized and Internet gambling.
* Internet addiction,
ranging from excessive seeking of medical information to dangerous sexual
behaviors.

The remarkable Clinical Manual of Impulse-Control
Disorders sheds light on the complex world of ICDs. As such, it will
be welcomed not only by clinicians and researchers but also by individuals
and family members coping with these disorders.