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The disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders are a group of diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). These diagnoses may be used to characterize a range of maladaptive patterns of function related to problems with emotional or behavioral self-control. These disorders include conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, kleptomania, and pyromania.
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American Psychiatric Association. (2006). Clinical manual of impulse-control disorders. Arlington: American Psychiatric Association Publishing.
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington: American Psychiatric Association Publishing.
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W. Klyce, D. (2017). Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders. In: Kreutzer, J., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_9216-1
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