Traduction de «Impulse control » (Anglais → Français) :

impulse control disorder [ disorder of impulse control ]

Definition: Personality disorder characterized by a definite tendency to act impulsively and without consideration of the consequences; the mood is unpredictable and capricious. There is a liability to outbursts of emotion and an incapacity to control the behavioural explosions. There is a tendency to quarrelsome behaviour and to conflicts with others, especially when impulsive acts are thwarted or censored. Two types may be distinguished: the impulsive type, characterized predominantly by emotional instability and lack of impulse control, and the borderline type, characterized in addition by disturbances in self-image, aims, and intern ...[+++]al preferences, by chronic feelings of emptiness, by intense and unstable interpersonal relationships, and by a tendency to self-destructive behaviour, including suicide gestures and attempts. | Personality (disorder):aggressive | borderline | explosive

Definition: This category includes certain disorders of behaviour that are not classifiable under other categories. They are characterized by repeated acts that have no clear rational motivation, cannot be controlled, and generally harm the patient's own interests and those of other people. The patient reports that the behaviour is associated with impulses to action. The cause of these disorders is not understood and they are grouped together because of broad descriptive similarities, not because they are known to share any other impo ...[+++]rtant features.

impact noise | impulse noise | impulse sound | impulsive noise | impulsive sound

impulse welding | impulse sealing | thermal impulse welding | thermal impulse sealing

ice-cream bought on impulse | impulse ice-cream | impulse purchase ice-cream

Definition: A disorder characterized by a significant alteration of the habitual patterns of behaviour displayed by the subject premorbidly, involving the expression of emotions, needs and impulses. Impairment of cognitive and thought functions, and altered sexuality may also be part of the clinical picture. | Organic:pseudopsychopathic personality | pseudoretarded personality | Syndrome:frontal lobe | limbic epilepsy personality | lobotomy | postleucotomy

It is a very delicate position for me to be in if I say, " This man has a lot of frontal lobe damage, and he has impulse control problems because he has damage to his left temporal lobe'.

It is a very delicate position for me to be in if I say, “This man has a lot of frontal lobe damage, and he has impulse control problems because he has damage to his left temporal lobe”.

Pathological (addictive) gambling has been considered by some specialists as an impulse control disorder[68] and therefore not referred to as addiction.

However, the majority of people I have met in prison suffer from mental health difficulties such as anxiety, insomnia, flashbacks to previous trauma, depressive episodes, interpersonal conflicts, and poor impulse control.