Kleptomania is the recurrent failure to resist impulses to steal objects.
He added that it was unintentional because he suffered from
kleptomania, a mental disorder he was suffering from since childhood and sought the help of the police in ridding himself of the habit.
as nonsensical, shameful and erroneous (3,4,8,9) If in such an act the person aims to possess the stolen object, the diagnosis is not
kleptomania. The basic aim in
kleptomania is not the stolen object itself but the act of stealing (10).
While the drug is not a cure for
kleptomania, Grant said it offers hope to those who are suffering from the addiction.
Bonnie's
kleptomania unnerved the staff, her penetrating voice disturbed many of our shy guests, and her wiry presence evoked fear in me.
Following Cyrus as he deals with his own minor rebellion, be it vocational
kleptomania and rebellion in his own way as a waiter in a job he hates.
"She's an artist and a recovering crystal meth addict with a history of pyromania and
kleptomania. Lila definitely sees something in Dexter straight away and is drawn to it.
I can't remember if I bought them before I got into jazz or whether my brother's notorious
kleptomania stretched to doctors' waiting rooms.
Grant (psychiatry, University of Minnesota) covers the many aspects of this disorder and how it relates to drug addiction,
kleptomania, explosive violent behavior, binge eating, gambling and other obsessive behaviors.
He specializes in treating compulsive shoplifting, employee theft,
kleptomania, and compulsive shopping/spending.
'You may have some form of
kleptomania' TRISHA GODDARD