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Star Treatment Kleptomania
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REVELATIONS that screen star Winona Ryder - just convicted of
grand theft and vandalism - may have shoplifted before, raises the
question: is this kleptomania? In which case, is she ill rather than
guilty? And what is the difference between kleptomania and
shoplifting anyway?
Kleptomania is an "official" psychiatric diagnosis rather than a
convenient and meaningless label. It's defined as an inability to
resist impulses to steal items which are not needed. So
distinguishing it from shoplifting is easier than you might have
imagined. Straightforward theft is usually well planned and motivated ...
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; ...disinhibition of behavior, including kleptomania, Dr. Lynn W. Yang said at the annual...Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Kleptomania, a neurosis characterized by an uncontrollable...and disinhibited behaviors, including kleptomania. A PET scan showed decreased activity...
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Pathologic stealing; a[euro]Thou shalt not steal.a[euro] Exodus 20:15 The Holy Bible.(If Symptoms Persist)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin
; ...let's make it clear that indubitable, textbook kleptomania (Greek for craze for stealing ) is rare. We seem...officials who steal nor shoplifting teenagers are kleptomaniacs. And while the legal consequence of being caught...is the same for all thieves, the motive of a kleptomaniac is gratification in ...
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What is kleptomania?
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; The recurrent failure to resist impulses to steal items even if the items are not needed for personal use or for their monetary value. Although people with this disorder...
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There's a madness to their motive
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times
; ...Some clinical observations suggest that kleptomania is increasingly prevalent among teenagers...Habil in defining people afflicted with kleptomania. Hussain is University of Malaya Specialist...also from Greek, means "madness". Kleptomania can be translated as "stealing madness...
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Drug may submerge urge to steal.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...a doctor's office and says, ``I'm a kleptomaniac.'' The doctor says, ``Well, you'll...alcoholism treatment, could be used to curb kleptomania's irresistible impulse to steal. The...the pill also will block the pleasure kleptomaniacs get from stealing. Trying naltrexone...
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