Psychological Disorders Series

The Psychological Disorders series explores today's most common psychological disorders by examining their symptoms, causes, and effects. In addition, this series highlights the brain chemistry behind the disorders and demonstrates how various treatments (including pharmacology and psychotherapy) affect the brain and may help ease or eliminate symptoms. All titles include vignettes that incorporate personal experiences of those who suffer or have suffered from the disorder, as well as how it impacted their lives before and after treatment.

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Psychological Disorders.

by Jeremy Pierce, Christine Collins, and Pat Levitt

Published 1 January 2008

Impulse Control Disorders

by Christine A. Adamec and Christine Collins

Published 30 December 2008

When an individual suffers from an impulse control disorder, that person has little or no control over repeated impulsive acts, causing problems for him or her. Impulse control disorders include pathological gambling, pyromania, kleptomania, intermittent explosive disorder, and trichotillomania, or hair-pulling disorder. People with these disorders usually know their behavior is wrong or strange, but they cannot refrain from such behavior. Though each of these troubling disorders can be psychologically disabling, treatment can be usually helpful to sufferers. ""Impulse Control Disorders"" discusses the most common of these disorders, their treatments, and other psychological disorders commonly associated with them.