Impulse control disorders: แบบฝึกหัด

Which impulse control disorder is characterized by the repeated failure to resist impulses to steal objects that are not acquired for personal use or for their monetary value?
I. Kleptomania
II. Pyromania
III. Trichotillomania

The biochemical explanation for impulse control disorders suggests that engaging in impulsive behaviors triggers the reward system in the brain. Which neurotransmitter is most closely linked to this reward circuitry?

Miller (2010) proposed the feeling-state theory to explain impulse control disorders from a cognitive perspective. According to this theory, how is an impulse control disorder created?

In the key study by Grant et al. (2008) on the treatment of gambling disorder, which group of drugs was investigated for its effectiveness in reducing gambling urges?

List three specific impulse control disorders that are recognized within the ICD-11 diagnostic criteria.

Explain Miller’s feeling-state theory as a cognitive explanation for the maintenance of impulse control disorders.

Explain how covert sensitisation and imaginal desensitisation differ in their application of learning principles to modify the arousal associated with impulse control disorders.

Impulse control disorders involve a failure to resist a temptation or urge.
(a) Name two specific impulse control disorders categorized under this chapter in the syllabus. [2]
(b) Identify the psychometric tool used to measure symptoms of kleptomania. [1]