Impulse control disorders: clinical characteristics and pharmacological management.
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.
Grant
Jon E
JE
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA. Jon_Grant@Brown.edu
Potenza
Marc N
MN
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
D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors