Impulse control disorders (ICDs) are a class of psychiatric disorders characterized by difficulties controlling aggressive or antisocial impulses. Because they can involve physical violence, theft, or ...

The ability to delay gratification, or to wait for something you really want, is impulse control. The famous Stanford Marshmallow Test found a connection between impulse control and greater well-being ...

How the brain controls impulsive behavior may be significantly different than psychologists have thought for the last 40 years. How the brain controls impulsive behavior may be significantly different ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning of impulse control problems associated with the atypical antipsychotic aripiprazole (Abilify, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd; Abilify Maintena, ...

Pyromania is a type of impulse control disorder that is characterized by being unable to resist starting fires. People with pyromania know that setting fires is harmful. But setting fires is the only ...

Not acting on a desire, or impulse, immediately is impulse control. It can also be called self-control or delayed gratification. Research on delayed gratification has shown it to be associated with ...