PSYC 188 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Fire-Setting, Egosyntonic And Egodystonic
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Essential feature: failure to resist an impulse or drive or the temptation to perform the behaviors. Characterized by discrete episodes of failure to resist aggressive impulses resulting in serious assaults or destruction of property. Reduce the serotonin in brain: become impulsive and aggressive (tryptophan depletion) Works on the serotonin pathway, depression shares a similar biological mechanism. Don"t steal because you like the object, you steal because of a random impulse! Usually a specific object and you don"t take them for the value (ex. May even return it discreetly bc they feel shameful! Object not needed for personal use or monetary value! (impulsion) Could be compulsive bc you can see stealing objects as an obsession: they hate stealing the object (ego-dystonic) Affects fewer than 5% of identified shoplifters. Onset: usually adolescence, can go on for years. Strength failure -temporary weakness (anxiety or stress) Strength failure : externally mediated weakness deficit (goods displayed.
