ATYPICAL IMPULSE-CONTROL DISORDER

in the DSM-lll, this represented a category of impulse-control disorders. In the DSM-IV-TR these are labeled impulse-control disorders not otherwise specified.

ATYPICAL IMPULSE-CONTROL DISORDER: “An atypical impulse-control disorder is one in which the symptoms present do not fit with the diagnostic guidelines, and must be given a not otherwise specified label.”
 

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