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Epidemiologic and clinical updates on impulse control disorders: a critical review

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Dell’Osso, Bernardo, Altamura, A. Carlo, Allen, Andrea, Marazziti, Donatella, Hollander, Eric·2006·European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
DOI 10.1007/s00406-006-0668-0PMC PMC1705499
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The article reviews the current knowledge about the impulse control disorders (ICDs) with specific emphasis on epidemiological and pharmacological advances. In addition to the traditional ICDs present in the DSM-IV-pathological gambling, trichotillomania, kleptomania, pyromania and intermittent explosive disorder-a brief description of the new proposed ICDs-compulsive-impulsive (C-I) Internet usage disorder, C-I sexual behaviors, C-I skin picking and C-I shopping-is provided. Specifically, the article summarizes the phenomenology, epidemiology and comorbidity of the ICDs. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between ICDs and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Finally, current pharmacological options for treating ICDs are presented and discussed.

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  • Prevalence of sexual addictions in general population is between 5% and 6%.

    “entre 5% et 6% pour les addictions sexuelles [4, 17]”

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    The ICDs’ phenomenology and epidemiology section reports early estimates of 5–6% for compulsive–impulsive sexual behaviors in the US population, also shown in Table 1. It says their true prevalence remains unknown; the claim presents the estimate as a settled prevalence for the general population without the US or uncertainty qualifiers. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Prevalence of compulsive buying in general population is between 1 and 8%.

    “entre 1 et 8% pour les achats compulsifs [4, 13]”

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    The ICDs’ phenomenology and epidemiology section reports compulsive-buying prevalence of 2–8% among US adults, also shown in Table 1. This supports the upper bound but not the claimed 1% lower bound; the cited estimate is also specific to US adults rather than an unqualified general population. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  • The frequency of psychiatric comorbidities is a common point to all addictions, particularly mood disorders and anxiety disorders.

    “La fréquence des comorbidités psychiatriques est également un point commun à l'ensemble des addictions, en particulier les troubles de l'humeur et les troubles anxieux [4, 7, 10, 19].”

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    The section on ICDs’ phenomenology and epidemiology reports high psychiatric comorbidity among pathological gamblers, including depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorders. It does not establish that frequent mood and anxiety comorbidities are common to all addictions; its discussion is principally about impulse-control disorders, particularly pathological gambling. Page numbers are not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Prevalence of pathological gambling in general population is between 1 and 3%.

    “entre 1 et 3% pour le jeu pathologique [4, 13, 23]”

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Authors
Dell’Osso, B., Altamura, A. C., Allen, A., Marazziti, D., & Hollander, E.
Affiliations
  • University of Milan (IT)
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
  • University of Pisa (IT)
Corresponding author
Dell’Osso, Bernardo
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Venue
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2006-09-07
Volume
256
Issue
8
Pages
464-475
ISSN
  • 0003-9373 (ISSN-L)
  • 0940-1334
  • 1433-8491
DOI
10.1007/s00406-006-0668-0
PMC
PMC1705499
OpenAlex
W2035883626
Cited by
272
References
178
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FWCI
13.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
impulse control disorders, gambling addiction, trichotillomania, kleptomania, pyromania, intermittent explosive disorder, skin picking disorder, compulsive buying, obsessive-compulsive disorder comorbidity, pharmacotherapy
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Gambling, Humans, Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Psychotropic Drugs, Comorbidity, Incidence, Behavior, Addictive, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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