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Compulsive stealing

MedGen UID:: 1052295
•Concept ID:: CN375767
•: Finding

Synonym:	Kleptomania

HPO:	HP:5200337

Definition

Irresistible impulses to take easily affordable items. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVCompulsive stealing

Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
- Clinical finding
  - Sign or Symptom
    - Mental and Behavioral Signs and Symptoms
      - Compulsive behaviors
        Compulsive stealing

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Comments on Wetzel's treatment of a case of compulsive stealing.

Dinsmoor JA
J Consult Psychol 1966 Oct;30(5):378-80. PMID: 5917253

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Efficacy of Pharmacological Interventions in Targeting Decision-Making Impairments across Substance and Behavioral Addictions.

Chamberlain SR, Grant JE
Neuropsychol Rev 2019 Mar;29(1):93-102. Epub 2019 Mar 9 doi: 10.1007/s11065-019-09400-z. PMID: 30852805 Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Symptom severity and its clinical correlates in kleptomania.

Grant JE, Chamberlain SR
Ann Clin Psychiatry 2018 May;30(2):97-101. PMID: 29697710 Free PMC Article

Expanding the definition of addiction: DSM-5 vs. ICD-11.

Grant JE, Chamberlain SR
CNS Spectr 2016 Aug;21(4):300-3. Epub 2016 May 6 doi: 10.1017/S1092852916000183. PMID: 27151528 Free PMC Article

Kleptomania: clinical characteristics and associated psychopathology.

McElroy SL, Hudson JI, Pope HG, Keck PE
Psychol Med 1991 Feb;21(1):93-108. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700014690. PMID: 2047510

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