Impulse Control Disorders are a specific group of impulsive behaviours that have been accepted as psychiatric disorders under the DSM-IV- TR... Read More...

Kleptomania is an impulse control disorder characterized by a recurrent failure to resist stealing. Kleptomania is a complex disorder characterized by repeated... Read More...

Trichotillomania is officially classified as an impulse control disorder, along the lines of pyromania, kleptomania, and pathologic gambling. The symptoms of trichotillomania... Read More...

Domestic Violence - Domestic violence is a particular form of Intermittent Explosive Disorder, because often these individuals only lose control with in the context... Read More...

Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is a disorder characterized by impulsive acts of aggression, as contrasted with planned violent or aggressive acts. The aggressive episodes... Read More..

Volunteer firefighter jailed for lighting fire (Pyromania). Volunteer firefighter Christopher James Spooner has been jailed for 12 months for starting a bushfire (ABC TV).... Read More..