Adjustment and impulse control disorders

Adjustment and impulse control disorders

• Adjustment disorders and impulse control disorders are precipitated by a particular type of psychosocial stress, the severity of which may or may not directly affect the person’s response to it.

• Adjustment disorders are quite common, and impulse control disorders are relatively rare.

• Behaviors– Impairment in a person’s usual social and occupational

functioning– Compulsive acts that may be harmful to the person or

others

Categories of Adjustment Disorder

• Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety• Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood• Adjustment Disorder with Disturbance of

Conduct• Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Disturbance

of Emotions and Conduct

• DSM-IV criteria• Nursing Assessment• Nursing Diagnosis• Nursing Interventions• Patient/family education

Impulse Control Disorder• Intermittent Explosive Disorder• Kleptomania• Pathological Gambling• Pyromania• Trichotillomania

Intermittent Explosive Disorder

• DSM-IV criteria• Nursing Assessment• Nursing Diagnosis• Nursing Interventions• Patient/family education

Kleptomania

• DSM-IV criteria• Nursing Assessment• Nursing Diagnosis• Nursing Interventions• Patient/family education

Pathological Gambling

• DSM-IV criteria• Nursing Assessment• Nursing Diagnosis• Nursing Interventions• Patient/family education

Pyromania

• DSM-IV criteria• Nursing Assessment• Nursing Diagnosis• Nursing Interventions• Patient/family education

Trichotillomania

• DSM-IV criteria• Nursing Assessment• Nursing Diagnosis• Nursing Interventions• Patient/family education