Impulse Control Disorders

Elias Aboujaoude, MD, is Director of the Impulse Disorders Clinic at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California. Lorrin M. Koran, MD, is Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry and Director of the Obsessive Compulsive Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

'… a valuable guide to the DSM-IV category of impulse-control disorders not elsewhere classified. … What makes this volume so interesting is the attention placed not just on the disorders themselves, but also on the social, cultural, and legal ramifications specific to each … coherent and thorough … This book deserves a place on the bookshelves of psychiatric educators and clinicians working with individuals who have impulse-control disorders.' Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

• Part I. Acquisitive Impulses: 1. Compulsive buying: clinical aspects Donald W. Black; 2. Compulsive buying: cultural contributors and consequences April Lane Benson, Helga Dittmar, and Reeta Wolfsohn; 3. Kleptomania: clinical aspects Lorrin M. Koran, Dana Bodnik, and Pinhas N. Dannon; 4. Kleptomania and the law Brad Novak; 5. Pathological gambling: clinical aspects Jon E. Grant and Brian L. Odlaug; 6. Pathological gambling: promoting risk, possessing ruin Laura M. Letson; 7. Cash and casinos: an Indian perspective Eileen M. Luna; Part II. Pellicular Impulses: 8. Trichotillomania: clinical aspects Michael R. Walther, Benjamin T. P. Tucker, and Douglas W. Woods; 9. Trichotillomania: the view from dermatology Drew Miller and Amy McMichael; 10. How to create a national advocacy organization Christina S. Pearson; 11. Skin picking: clinical aspects Celal Calikusu and Ozlem Tecer; 12. Skin picking: the view from dermatology Rungsima Wanitphakdeedecha and Tina S. Alster; 13. Nail biting: clinical aspects Timothy Ivor Williams; 14. Nail biting and other oral habits: a dental perspective Sven E. Widmalm and Duane C. McKay; Part III. Information-Seeking Impulses: 15. Problematic Internet use: clinical aspects Timothy Liu and Marc N. Potenza; 16. Virtual violence: the games people play Vladan Starcevic and Guy Porter; 17. Counseling in cyberspace: your e-therapist is on call John H. Greist; Part IV. Sexual and Aggressive Impulses: 18. Hypersexuality: clinical aspects Peer Briken, Andreas Hill, and Wolfgang Berner; 19. The sex industry: public vice, hidden victims William M. Spice; 20. Intermittent explosive disorder: clinical aspects Emil F. Coccaro and Michael S. McCloskey; 21. Violence against women: preventing a social scourge Joan C. Chrisler and Sheila Ferguson; 22. Intimate partner violence: aggression at close quarters Christy M. McKinney and Raul Caetano; 23. Pyromania: clinical aspects Candice Germain and Michel Lejoyeux; 24. Arson: choking off the flames Paul Schwartzman.