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Kleptomania
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BehaveNet® Clinical Capsule™: Kleptomania - DSM-IV:
Kleptomania. Individuals with this Impulse-Control Disorder recurrently
fail to resist impulsive stealing of objects with no other motivation than
the relief or pleasure resulting from the act of stealing itself.
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Health Information Library - "KLEPTOMANIA"
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heard the term kleptomania before. People often have the idea that people
with kleptomania are people who steal everything. This is not true.
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Kleptomania - Kleptomania involves a failure to resist impulses to
steal items that are not needed or sought for personal use or monetary
value. Kleptomania should be distinguished from shoplifting, in which the
action is usually well-planned and motivated by need or monetary gain.
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Kleptomania - The treatment of kleptomania with serotonin
reuptake inhibitors by Lepkifker E, Dannon PN, Ziv R, Iancu I, Horesh N,
Kotler M
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Prozac Used To Treat Kleptomania - Kleptomania, the psychiatric
disorder characterized by an overwhelming urge to steal objects, can be
treated with a combination of Prozac -- or similar drugs -- and
psychotherapy, a study suggests.
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Wednesday November 12, 2008
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