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Psychiatry: Disruptive, Impulse Control and Behavior Disorders

Psychiatry: Disruptive, Impulse Control and Behavior Disorders — Expert Level Reference

How it begins

Un análisis exhaustivo y de nivel experto sobre la fisiopatología, neurobiología molecular, espectro psicopatológico, criterios DSM-5-TR / CIE-11 y protocolos integrados de intervención terapéutica en los trastornos del comportamiento perturbador.

What it covers

  1. Fundamental concepts, taxonomy and dimensional spectrum
  2. · Evolution and nomenclature in diagnostic systems
  3. Neurobiology of self-regulation and impulse control
  4. · Frontostriatal circuits and top-down control
  5. · Subcortical structures and value processing
  6. · Neurotransmission systems and molecular neurochemistry
  7. Genetics, epigenetics and environmental determinants of risk
  8. · Genetic architecture and candidate genes
  9. · Gene-Environment Interactions (G×E): The paradigm of plasticity
  10. · Epigenetic mechanisms in development
  11. Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD): precision clinical analysis
  12. · DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria
  13. · Dimensional structure and evolutionary trajectories
  14. · Epidemiological differentiation and normative limits
  15. Conduct Disorder (CD): the core of serious disruption
  16. · Diagnostic criteria and symptomatic classification
  17. · Subtypes according to age of onset
  18. · The specifier "With limited prosocial emotions" (Calo-Unemotional Traits - CU)
  19. · Terrie Moffitt's Taxonomy of Development
  20. Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED)
  21. · DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria
  22. · Pathophysiology of explosiveness
  23. Pyromania: the compulsive fascination with fire
  24. · DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria
  25. · Psychodynamics and forensic analysis
  26. Kleptomania: the impulsiveness of unmotivated appropriation
  27. · DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria
  28. · The spectrum of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) versus the Addictive Spectrum
  29. Other disruptive spectrum and impulse control disorders
  30. · Unspecified Disruptive, Impulse Control and Conduct Disorder
  31. · Kleptomania versus compulsive buying and other impulsive spectrums
  32. Diagnostic evaluation, psychometrics and examination methodology
  33. · The expert-level structured clinical interview
  34. · Psychometric tools and screening scales
  35. Differential diagnosis and complex comorbidities
  36. · ODD vs. Conduct Disorder (CD) vs. DMDD
  37. · The overlap between ADHD and disruptive disorders
  38. · Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and disruptive behaviors
  39. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy: use algorithms
  40. · Atypical neuroleptics (second generation antipsychotics)
  41. · Stimulants and Non-Stimulants to control impulsivity
  42. · Mood stabilizers and serotonergic agents
  43. · Reference pharmacological monographs for behavior control
  44. Psychotherapeutic, family and behavioral interventions of choice
  45. · Parent Management Training (PMT)
  46. · Multisystemic Therapy (MST) for severe Conduct Disorder
  47. · Collaborative and Proactive Solutions Therapy (CPS - Ross Greene)
  48. Ethical, legal and forensic psychiatry aspects of disruption
  49. · Criminal imputability and the ability to understand illegality
  50. · Informed consent and assent in minors
  51. · Institutionalization and involuntary confinement due to dangerousness
  52. Prognosis, prevention, long-term evolution and RDoC integration
  53. · Longitudinal evolution: the antisocial spectrum
  54. · Evidence-based prevention models
  55. · Integration of Disruptive Disorders into the RDoC Framework (Research Domain Criteria)

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Subject
Psychiatry
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
55
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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