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DSM-IV: Impulse-Control Disorders


Individuals with these mental disorders suffer from recurrent failure to resist impulsive behaviors that may be harmful to themselves or others.

These include: Intermittent Explosive Disorder | Kleptomania | Pathological Gambling | Pyromania | Trichotillomania

American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1994



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