Impulse control disorders: clinical characteristics and pharmacological management

Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2004 Jan-Mar;16(1):27-34. doi: 10.1080/10401230490281366.

Abstract

This article reviews the current knowledge of the clinical characteristics and pharmacological management of pathological gambling, kleptomania, and compulsive buying. Specifically, the article summarizes the phenomenology and associated psychopathology of these disorders and presents study results of the various pharmacological agents used to treat these disorders--serotonin reuptake inhibitors, opioid antagonists, mood stabilizers, and atypical antipsychotics.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anxiety / epidemiology
  • Anxiety / genetics
  • Bipolar Disorder / epidemiology
  • Bipolar Disorder / genetics
  • Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / epidemiology
  • Gambling / psychology
  • Humans
  • Mood Disorders / epidemiology
  • Mood Disorders / genetics
  • Narcotic Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / genetics

Substances

  • Narcotic Antagonists
  • Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors