A teenager is noted to have a heightened awareness of reality, feelings of depersonalization, unpredictable and sometimes violent behavior, and flashbacks. The nurse suspects that the teenager is taking which of the following chemicals?

A. Deceitfulness: Deceitfulness is more associated with antisocial personality disorder rather than impulse control disorders.
B. Aggressive conduct: Aggressive conduct is associated with conduct disorder, not specifically with impulse control disorders.
C. Serious rule violations: Serious rule violations are characteristic of conduct disorder.
D. Pyromania: Pyromania is an impulse control disorder characterized by the recurrent urge to set fires.

A. Adjustment disorder: Adjustment disorder involves emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to a stressor, but not typically to the extent of physical aggression.
B. Intermittent explosive disorder: Intermittent explosive disorder is characterized by sudden episodes of unwarranted anger and impulsive, aggressive behavior that are grossly out of proportion to the provocation or stressor present is consistent with the described actions.
C. Conduct disorder: Conduct disorder typically involves a pattern of behavior that violates societal norms and the rights of others, more commonly diagnosed in children and adolescents.
D. Oppositional defiant disorder: Oppositional defiant disorder involves a pattern of angry, defiant behavior towards authority, but does not typically include physical aggression towards non-family members.