Impulse Control Difficulties Research Articles

Applications of Cognitive Therapy With Survivors of Head Injury

There is little formally documented application of cognitive therapy with survivors of head injury. Nevertheless, techniques familiar to cognitive therapy have proven useful in the rehabilitation of this clientele. This article outlines the special psychotherapeutic needs of this population, proposes a framework for individual cognitive therapy to facilitate postinjury adjustment, and outlines a group cognitive therapy model for addressing anger and impulse control difficulties.

Women and Alcohol: Use and Abuse

National surveys of the quantity/frequency of drinking, conducted over the last half century, show that the percentage of nonabstaining women has remained at about 60%. Although male/female differences in drinking are smaller than they were a generation ago, this appears to relate primarily to drinking by young adults. Study of social attitudes toward male and female intoxication has consistently indicated more disapproval of female intoxication. Alcoholism in women has a complex etiology that includes biological factors, positive family history, difficulties in impulse control, depression, and drinking by significant others in the social environment. Male/female differences in patterns and consequences of alcoholic behavior are summarized, as are differences among alcoholic women with earlier or later onset.