CASE OF TEMPORARY KLEPTOMANIA.

Kleptomania: a case series.

Kleptomania is an enigmatic condition and is among the very few psychiatric disorders in which crime is medicalised and used as a legal defence. The scientific literature on kleptomania is scarce. Early literature and recent studies have shown a female preponderance, with an early age of onset of stealing in people with comorbid personality disorder(s). In a retrospective review of the case not...

Kleptomania Presenting with Major Depressive Disorder : a Case Report

A 35 year old, married, educated woman of well to do economic condition who was referred by court for psychiatric opinion was found to suffer from "Kleptomania" with "recurrent major depressive disorder." The patient had been stealing and hoarding (at times giving away when caught) defective and useless objects for the past 3 years .mostly during periods of depression and had been arrested twic...

Sexual Root of Kleptomania

Kleptomania, mood disorder and lithium.

Kleptomania has been found in association with major depression in a fairly large number of reports in recent years. We describe a patient with concurrent DSM-III-R Bipolar Mood Disorder and Kleptomania, whose symptoms remitted completely, apparently in response to lithium therapy, which raised the possibility that pharmacological treatment may benefit kleptomania. Further studies are needed to...

Neurobiology of Kleptomania: an overview

Kleptomania is a psychiatric manifestation frequently encountered in neurological conditions, especially Parkinson’s disease. This disorder has traditionally been considered to be a part of the obsessive compulsive spectrum disorder, but recently the focus has shifted to possible associations with addiction disorders. There are no FDA approved medications for the treatment of kleptomania. While...