Intermittent Explosive Disorder

What if you could not prevent yourself from hurting yourself or those you love? What if doing so, brought pleasure and excitement, instead of guilt? If this obtains to you then you probably have a psychological disorder that is incurable by medications. Impulse-Control and Disruptive Disorders are most common in adolescence and teenagers. It is rare to have either disorder first appear in adults. Different types of the disorders are Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Dermatillomania, Pyromania, Kleptomania and Trichotillomania.

Intermittent Explosive Disorder, or IED, is the failure to resist aggressive impulses. IED results in serious assaults and property destruction and is usually out of proportion with

Symptoms of ODD are anger, irritable mood, argumentative, defiant behavior, blames others for behavior and mistakes, and vindictiveness. There are three levels of severity. Mild severity is when any symptoms occurs only in one setting. Moderate severity is when any symptom occurs in two or more settings. Severe severity is when any symptom occurs in 3 or more settings. Genetics may be a possible cause of ODD if a child’s natural disposition or temperament differs in nerves and brain functions. Living environments may also be a cause if there are issues with parenting that may involve a lack of supervision, inconsistent or harsh discipline, or abuse or neglect. Either cause may lead to poor school work, antisocial behavior, and impulse control problems. Treating associated diseases such as ADD, ADHD, depression, anxiety, conduct disorder, and learning and communication disorders, may help the patient maintain control of his disease. Tests of a patient’s overall health, frequency and intensity of behaviors in multiple settings and relationships, and the presence of other mental health, learning or communication disorders. Treatments of ODD consist of parent training, parent-child interaction therapy, individual and family therapy, cognitive problem solving, and social skills

Symptoms of trichotillomania are recurrent pulling out of one’s hair resulting in noticeable hair loss,an increasing sense of tension immediately before pulling out the hair or when attempting to resist behavior, the disturbance is not better accounted for by another mental disorder and is not due to a general medical condition, the disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. The patients feel pleasure, gratification, or relief when pulling out the hair. Trichotillomania may appear when patient is suffering from depression, stress, anxiety, nervousness, abuse, alcohol, drugs, and some even feel that pulling their hair gives them energy. As of 2002, 2.5% of the population suffered from Trichotillomania. And 70 to 93% of those being treated are female because males are too embarrassed to get help. They tend to claim it as male pattern baldness. Children under the age of eight with parents that are aware of the child’s condition can stop it on their own, but children over the age of eight may need professional help to stop. Children and adolescents are usually not given medication because the effect is unknown of psychiatric drugs on the developing brain. Habit reversal training and support groups are the most effective for adolescents and