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Psychiatry Personality disorders 2c6747af

One of the following is not a compulsive and habit-forming disorder

A
Kleptomania
B
Pyromania
C
Nymphomania
D
Pathological gambling
High-Yield Explanation
Kleptomania- recurrent failure to resist to steal objects not needed for personal use or for monetary value. Pyromania- recurrent, delibrata and purposeful seeting of fires. Pathological gambling- persistent and recurrent maladaptive gambling that causes economic problems and significant disturbances in personal, social or occupational functioning. DSM IV TR included it under impulse control disorders. (ref- synopsis of psychiatry, 11e, pg 691) Nymphomania- woman's excessive or pathological desire for coitus. It is a form of sex additction. (ref- synopsis of psychiatry, 11e, pg 591)

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