title: Impulse control disorders: clinical characteristics and pharmacological management.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA. Jon_Grant@Brown.edu
authors.forename: Jon E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: Marc N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Potenza
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors