Compare And Contrast Pyromania And Trichotillomania

A Comparison and Contrast of Two Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders and Two Impulse Control Disorders An obsessive-compulsive related disorder (or OCRD) is just as it sounds a disorder related to obsessive-compulsive disorder. While impulse control disorders are disorders in which the sufferer feels a lack of control. Two examples of obsessive-compulsive related disorders are body dysmorphic disorder (or BDD) and trichotillomania (or TTM). Two examples of impulse control disorders are pyromania and kleptomania.

Body Dysmorphic Disorder Body dysmorphic disorder is an obsessive-compulsive related disorder that is characterized by excessive worry over alleged defects or flaws in physical appearance in which suffers believe make

Stealing due to this disorder is unlike ordinary theft or shoplifting, which is motivated by the wish to obtain an object or as an act of rebellion. Similar to pyromania, sufferers tend to have feelings of tension before proceeding to steal an object. During the stealing of said object sufferers will experience an emotional state of pleasure, gratification, or relief. Later on, however they will typically have feelings of guilt and shame which ultimately leads to them either giving away or returning the stolen object. Although objects may be hoarded or discarded. Most people who suffer from kleptomania are arrested at some point for their stealing but only 5 percent of shoplifting in the United States is due to people who suffer from kleptomania. Causes of kleptomania can include serotonin imbalances in the brain, addictive disorders, or an imbalance in the brain’s opioid system. Kleptomania may be treated with medication such as naltrexone (an opioid antagonist which can reduce the urges to steal and the pleasures derived from it), an antidepressant (to be more specific a SSRI or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor), or other medications and medication combinations. Kleptomania can also be treated through psychotherapy such as covert sensitization (a type of psychotherapy in which the sufferer pictures themselves stealing an object and facing the negative consequences of it like getting caught), aversion therapy (the practice of mildly painful methods, such as the holding one’s breath until uncomfortable, when they get the urge to steal), and/or systematic desensitization (the sufferer practices relaxation techniques and pictures themselves controlling their urges to steal an object or