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Mental Disorders > Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders

Preferred term

Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Disorders whose essential features are the failure to resist an impulse, drive, or temptation to perform an act that is harmful to the individual or to others. Individuals experience an increased sense of tension prior to the act and pleasure, gratification or release of tension at the time of committing the act.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Impulse-Control Disorders

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MGJGMM95-F

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