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Pathfinder: Impulse Control Disorders
Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications
Scope: Impulse control disorders are a class of disorders marked by a failure to resist an impulse or temptation to engage in some act that ultimately proves harmful to oneself. ( The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology) Gambling, kleptomania, explosive disorders,and pyromania, are some examples of this type of disorder. The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for students in locating library resources that will provide an in-depth analysis of this topic.
SUBJECT HEADINGS
Books dealing with the topic of impulse control disorders are listed in the Baddour Library's online catalog under the following subject headings
Compulsive hair pulling
Compulsive gamblers
Kleptomania
There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES
REF BF 31.E52 2000 Encyclopedia of Psychology
REF RC 554.P474 2002 Personality Disorders and the Five-Factor Model of Personality
Some representative books from the Circulating Collection that are located upstairs in the library are:
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Allen, Andrea and Eric Hollander. Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2000
(Psychiatric Clinics of North America).
Goldman, Marcus Jacob. Kleptomania: The Compulsion to StealWhat Can Be Done? Far Hills, N.J: New Horizon Press, 1998.
Grant, Jon E. Stop Me Because I
Can't Stop Myself: Taking Control of Impulsive Behavior. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
McCowan, William George. Best Possible Odds: Contemporary Treatment Strategies for Gambling Disorders. New York: Wiley, 2000.
Oldham, John M. and Eric Hollander. Impulsivity and
Compulsivity. Washington,
DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1996.
Ratey, John J. Shadow Syndromes. New York: Pantheon Books, 1997.
Webster, Christopher D. and Margaret A. Jackson. Impulsivity: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment. New York: Guilford Press, 1997.
Zuckerman, Marvin.
Sensation Seeking and Risky Behavior. Washington,
DC: American Psychological Association, 2007.
Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of impulse control disorders are:
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the links for a list of full text journals
available through our databases in:
Updated
02/21/2007
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