Impulse Control Disorders
- Overview
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- Shopaholics: Although ‘shopping addiction’ sounds frivolous, those who suffer from compulsive buying disorder suffer serious financial and emotional consequences from their inability to control their spending and from their use of buying as a way to control mood.
- Gambling Addiction: Likely the most well known of the impulse control disorders, pathological gamblers have great difficulty controlling their urges to bet, and tragically, are very likely to consider or even attempt suicide at some point in life.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): CBT is the most commonly prescribed therapy for the treatment of most impulse control disorders. CBT teaches real-world techniques to control undesirable behaviors. CBT works fast, does not require lengthy therapy to learn and can be practiced as needed.
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- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Compulsive Hoarding Compulsive Nail Biting Compulsive Shopping Disorder Compulsive Skin Picking Dermatillomania Hair Pulling Impulse Control Impulse Control Disorder Medication Impulse Control Disorder Treatment Intermittent Explosive Disorder Kleptomania N-acetylcysteine Nail Biting Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Onychophagia Pyromania Rage Disorder Self Help Skin Picking Skin Picking Disorder Skin Picking Treatments Trichotillomania
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