title: [Impulse control disorders and other serotonin function disorders].
abstract: Disturbances of impulse control, classified in ICD-10 and/or DSM-IV, have a high risk of comorbidity with other disturbances of the serotonin system. These affective disturbances could be interpreted as symptoms of a related syndrome because they usually respond to antidepressive pharmacotherapy. Selective SSRIs in addition to their antidepressant activity are useful even for impulse control disturbances and for common multimorbid mixed disturbances by their polyvalent serotoninergic activity because they improve at least quality of life in these patients. Results are better in patients with episodically disturbed impulse control than in those constitutionally afflicted.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pöldinger
mesh_terms: D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
vernacular_title: Impulskontrollstörungen und andere Serotonin-Funktionsstörungen.