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Definitions of kleptomania in various dictionaries:
noun - an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
An obsessive impulse to steal regardless of economic need, usually arising from an unconscious symbolic value associated with the stolen item.
KLEPTOMANIA - Kleptomania or klopemania is the inability to refrain from the urge for stealing items and is usually done for reasons other than personal use or fin...
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| Addiction to pilfering without real need |
| It's an impulse-control disorder in which a person can't resist the sudden urge to steal |
| This "mania", the irresistible impulse to steal, comes from the Greek for "thief" |
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| An obsessive impulse to steal regardless of economic need. |
| a recurrent urge to steal, typically without regard for need or profit. |
| an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive |
| a very strong wish to steal that you cannot control, especially without any need or purpose, usually considered to be a type of mental illness |
| Kleptomania description |
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| Kleptomania or klopemania is the inability to refrain from the urge for stealing items and is usually done for reasons other than personal use or financial gain. First described in 1816, kleptomania is classified in psychiatry as an impulse control disorder. Some of the main characteristics of the disorder suggest that kleptomania could be an obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder.The disorder is frequently under-diagnosed and is regularly associated with other psychiatric disorders, particularly anxiety and eating disorders, and alcohol and substance abuse. Patients with kleptomania are typically treated with therapies in other areas due to the comorbid grievances rather than issues directly related to kleptomania.Over the last 100 years, a shift from psychotherapeutic to psychopharmacological interventions for kleptomania has occurred. Pharmacological treatments using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), mood stabilizers and opioid receptor antagonists, and other antidepr |