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Understanding and Treating Kleptomania: New Models and New Treatments
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Abstract: Kleptomania, characterized by repetitive, uncontrollable stealing of items not needed for personal use, is a disabling disorder that often goes unrecognized in clinical practice. Although originally conceptualized as an obsessive compulsive spectrum disorder, emerging evidence (clinical characteristics, familial transmission, and treatment response) suggests that kleptomania may have important similarities to both addictive and mood disorders. In particular, kleptomania frequently c...
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The jury's still out about underlying causes of compulsive stealing.(News)
The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
; BYLINE: Eleanor Momberg Kleptomaniacs seldom seek help because they are afraid of the legal consequences of admitting their uncontrolled impulse to steal, psychiatric experts say. Kleptomania does not respond very well to anything at all, says Dr Norman Sussman, a professor of psychiatry at the New
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Greg's giggle.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England)
; MY friend has kleptomania, but when it gets bad, he takes something for it.
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Mood Disorders in Women
The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences
; Mood Disorders in Women Edited by Meir Steiner, Kimberly A. Yonkers and Elias Eriksson Martin Dunitz, London, 2000. Hard cover, 573 pp., $99.95 According to the authors, this book was written for all "healthcare professionals" and particularly psychiatrists, as is clear from the focus on the
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Star Treatment Kleptomania
The Scotsman
; 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
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Kleptomania.(Opinion & Editorial)
Manila Bulletin
; Thou shalt not steal. - Exodus 20:15 The Holy Bible LET'S make it clear that indubitable, textbook kleptomania (Greek for craze for stealing ) is rare. We seem to have this habit of calling everyone and anyone who steals a klepto. But this is irresponsible. Neither politicians/government officials
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Mild Concussion Triggers Cognitive Changes, Loss of Creativity, Kleptomania.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Family Practice News
; WASHINGTON -- A 47-year-old graphic designer who sustained a mild concussion developed disabling cognitive changes, loss of the creative instinct, and disinhibition of behavior, including kleptomania, Dr. Lynn W. Yang said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and
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Pathologic stealing; a[euro]Thou shalt not steal.a[euro] Exodus 20:15 The Holy Bible.(If Symptoms Persist)
Manila Bulletin
; Byline: Dr. Jose S. Pujalte Jr. SINCE we are the most corrupt country in Asia (according to the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy; #13 in a list of 13), it's tempting to call each other kleptos . But let's make it clear that indubitable, textbook kleptomania (Greek for craze for stealing ) is
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There's a madness to their motive
New Straits Times
; New Straits Times 01-07-2007 There's a madness to their motive Edition: New Sunday Times Section: Main Section THEY are usually from well-to-do families, with some enjoying a certain status in society. Yet, they steal the most inconsequential items: Rubber bands, used toothbrushes, bread, and even
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Drug may submerge urge to steal.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ST. PAUL, Minn. _ A man goes to a doctor's office and says, ``I'm a kleptomaniac The doctor says, ``Well, you'll have to take something for it Depending on the results of a new University of Minnesota drug treatment study, that may be more than just an old joke. University researchers are planning
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Mood Disorders Tend to Evolve Over Time. (Raised Expression of Genetic Predisposition).
Clinical Psychiatry News
; ASPEN, COLO. -- Depression and other mood disorders not only tend to become more frequent and severe in vulnerable individuals over the course of a lifetime, but the same trend increasingly is occurring within society at large, Dr. Steven L. Dubovsky said at a psychiatry conference sponsored by the
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