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People who scored high on the Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS) were more likely to stop treatment for cocaine abuse. [48] Additionally, they adhered to treatment for a shorter duration than people that scored low on impulsivity. [48] Also, impulsive people had greater cravings for drugs during withdrawal periods and were more likely to relapse.
Impulse-control disorder (ICD) is a class of psychiatric disorders characterized by impulsivity – failure to resist a temptation, an urge, or an impulse; ...
An impulsive person or act might be regarded as quixotic. Quixotism is usually related to "over-idealism", meaning an idealism that doesn't take consequence or absurdity into account. It is also related to naïve romanticism and to utopianism .
The first formal definition of borderline disorder is widely acknowledged to have been written by Adolph Stern in 1938. [219] [220] He described a group of patients who he felt to be on the borderline between neurosis and psychosis, who very often came from family backgrounds marked by trauma. He argued that such patients would often need more ...
People diagnosed with kleptomania often have other types of disorders involving mood, anxiety, eating, impulse control, and drug use. They also have great levels of stress, guilt, and remorse, and privacy issues accompanying the act of stealing. These signs are considered to either cause or intensify general comorbid disorders.
Just because the seasons are changing doesn’t mean you have to. There’s a scientific reason you’re feeling impulsive and restless this time of year. An expert explains
Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) or Episodic dyscontrol syndrome (EDS) is a mental and behavioral disorder characterized by explosive outbursts of anger and/or violence, often to the point of rage, that are disproportionate to the situation at hand (e.g., impulsive shouting, screaming or excessive reprimanding triggered by relatively inconsequential events).
Young people are racking up debt and being priced out of buying homes or having kids. Financial gurus say there are still ways to achieve their goals. Why Gen Z's adulting dreams are being crushed ...