A neuropsychiatric approach to impulse disorders

Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1986 Jun;9(2):341-52.

Abstract

Disordered impulse control (or pathologic impulsivity) is a common feature of many neurologic and psychiatric illnesses. Diagnosis is founded on comprehensive neuropsychiatric evaluation. Behavioral dyscontrol often represents pathology at multiple levels of nervous system function and requires an appropriately comprehensive treatment program. Evaluation and diagnostic classification are discussed. Several clinical synopses are presented to illustrate the common complexity of evaluation and treatment in presentations of pathologic impulsivity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aggression / psychology
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder / diagnosis
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / therapy
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / diagnosis
  • Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Impulsive Behavior / diagnosis
  • Intelligence
  • Learning Disabilities / diagnosis
  • Male
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / therapy
  • Neuropsychological Tests