Bayer, Linda N.

Out of control : gambling and other impulse-control disorders / Linda Bayer ; senior consulting editor, Carol C. Nadelson ; consulting editor, Claire E. Reinburg. - Philadelphia, Pa. : Chelsea House Publishers, c2001. - 95 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Encyclopedia of psychological disorders. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-88) and index.

Introduction to impulsivity -- Pathological gambling -- Kleptomania, the compulsive need to steal -- Pyromania, the compulsive need to set fires -- Trichotillomania and similar problems -- Intermittent explosive disorder.

ISBN: 079105313X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gambling.
Impulse control disorders.

Dewey Class. No.: 616.858