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	About THEFT TALK- Stealing - Shoplifting
		Kleptomania is a rare condition that appears to occur in fewer than 5% of identified shoplifters.
		There is little systematic information on the course of Kleptomania, but three typical courses have been described: sporadic with brief episodes and long periods of remission; episodic with protracted periods of stealing and periods of remission; and chronic with some degree of fluctuation.
		Kleptomania should be distinguished from intentional or inadvertent stealing that may occur during a Manic Episode, in response to delusions or hallucinations (e.g., in Schizophrenia), or as a result of dementia.
	www.thefttalk.com /kleptomania.htm (845 words)

	Kleptomania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kleptomania (Greek: κλεπτειν (to steal) + -mania) is an inability to resist impulses of stealing.
		Kleptomania is distinguished from shoplifting or ordinary theft, as shoplifters and thieves generally steal for monetary value, or associated gains and usually display intent or premeditation, while people with kleptomania aren't necessarily contemplating the value of the items they steal or even the theft until they are compulsed.
		Behavior modification therapy is used for people with 'kleptomania', as well as family therapy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kleptomania (220 words)

	Kleptomania (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kleptomania (released Autumn 2004) was the 'lost' fourth album of British indie rock group Mansun.
		The reasons behind this title are ambiguous, as there are a number of rumours concerning the sacking of bassist Stove King, and the band's contractual obligations with their record company.
		Despite previewing several tracks from Kleptomania live on what was Mansun's final tour of 2003, Stove King did not play bass on what was eventually recorded.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kleptomania_(album) (563 words)

	Kleptomania
		Kleptomania can be the result of emotional shortcomings during the youth.
		They are mostly interested in the kick of the stealing itself.
		Although psychiatrists consider kleptomania as a disease, this is not a legal excuse in front of an American or British court.
	library.thinkquest.org /26618/en-med-8.2.htm (120 words)

	Tide Lines Online - Kleptomania: The shoplifting disease
		Kleptomania can be defined as a recurrent failure to resist the impulse to steal things even if the items are not needed for personal use or for their monetary value.
		The main difference between kleptomania and ordinary theft is that ordinary theft, whether planned or impulsive, is deliberate and is motivated by the usefulness of the object or its monetary worth.
		The word “kleptomania” was derived from the Greek words meaning to steal”; and “madness.” It was coined during the 1800s to describe what was thought to be a form of insanity.
	www.pottsville.k12.pa.us /tidelines/012402/klept.html (409 words)

	Kleptomania Emerging therapies target mood, impulsive behavior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Kleptomania is likely if the patient answers “yes” to questions 1 through 4 and to question 5 or 6.
		Typical individuals with kleptomania steal because they have urges to steal, often triggered by specific stimuli such as the sights and sounds of stores or feelings of loneliness or stress.
		Naltrexone was used in the first medication study of kleptomania and showed a significant decline in the intensity of urges to steal, stealing thoughts, and stealing behavior.
	users3.ev1.net /~drtony/klepto.htm (1806 words)

	Kleptomania
		Kleptomania is the name given for the condition which compels people to steal.
		Kleptomania is a recognised clinical impulse disorder, meaning that those who suffer from the condition cannot help their impulsive activity.
		A person with kleptomania experiences a 'rush' while stealing that is caused by fulfilling their compulsion.
	www.irishhealth.com /?level=4&id=2410 (2040 words)

	Prozac Used To Treat Kleptomania
		NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters Health) -- Kleptomania, the psychiatric disorder characterized by an overwhelming urge to steal objects, can be treated with a combination of Prozac -- or similar drugs -- and psychotherapy, a study suggests.
		First, they speculate, kleptomania may be one of the obsessive-compulsive disorders, which have been treated successfully with serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
		Alternatively, the findings suggest that kleptomania may result from a fall in the brain's level of the neurotransmitter serotonin, which is corrected by the drug treatment.
	www.personalmd.com /news/a1999022214.shtml (242 words)

	First-ever drug treatment study for kleptomania seeks volunteers for trials
		Researchers at medical center are starting the first placebo-controlled trial of a drug to treat kleptomania, a mental illness characterized by uncontrollable urges to steal.
		Kleptomania is a misdemeanor; those convicted usually perform community service rather than serve prison time.
		Throughout the trial all patients will be asked to keep a log tracking their kleptomania incidents and the intensity of their urges to steal as well as fill out psychiatric questionnaires to determine how well the drug is working.
	news-service.stanford.edu /news/2002/october9/kleptomania.html (479 words)

	Kleptomania - Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Kleptomania is the inability to resist the urge to steal objects, often objects not needed for personal use or their monetary value.
		Although people who suffer from kleptomania may engage in inappropriate and illegal behavior, their behavior is not due to being "bad" people.
		People who suffer from kleptomania are usually very ashamed of their behavior and do not seek help for this illness.
	www.med.umn.edu /psychiatry/clinic/impulsecontrol/kleptomania/home.html (350 words)

	Kleptomania
		Like other impulse disorders, kleptomania is charcterised by mounting tension with or without guilt, remorse or depression.
		When the object stolen is the goal, the diagnosis is not kelptomania, for in kleptomania the act of stealing itself is the goal.
		Lisa was referred for psychological testing that revealed mild dyslexia, in addition to the underlying depression and mixed impulse control disorder (kleptomania, bulimia, and compulsive lying) diagnosed by the psychiatrist.
	sabryabdelfattah.tripod.com /docs/KLEPTOM.htm (1073 words)

	Kleptomania - Mental Health Disorders on MedicineNet.com
		Kleptomania is distinguished from shoplifting because shoplifters plan stealing of objects and usually steal because they do not have money to purchase the items.
		Some clinicians view kleptomania as part of the obsessive-compulsive spectrum of disorders, reasoning that many individuals experience the impulse to steal as an alien, unwanted intrusion into their mental state.
		Also, other evidence indicates that kleptomania may be related to, or a variant of, mood disorders, such as depression.
	www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=38097 (460 words)

	U scientists study alcoholism drug's effects on kleptomania - 01/23/2001
		Kleptomania, an impulse control disorder that creates an urge to steal, affects approximately 5 percent of shoplifters, said Gary Christenson, director of the mental health clinic at Boynton Health Service.
		Many people with kleptomania suffer from guilt, depression and are often suicidal.
		Kleptomania is similar to other disorders such as certain forms of alcoholism, compulsive gambling and compulsive shopping in which the afflicted person has little or no control over his or her urges.
	www.mndaily.com /daily/2001/01/23/news/new4 (567 words)

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		Kleptomania was used to define gender- and class-based notions of theft.
		She was diagnosed as suffering from "womb disease mania", which was described as "larceny and eroticism with hysteria." He basically defined the female reproductive functions as diseased.
		Question 5: A Paris newspaper said theft should be labeled as a kind of kleptomania, but of the lower social class and a kleptomaniac should be a kind of thief, but of a better class.
	www.rpi.edu /~vostral/hist_med/Zolezi.html (799 words)

	kleptomania - Office of Communications & Public Affairs - Stanford University School of Medicine
		Kleptomania, the guilt-ridden, impulsive stealing of inexpensive and unneeded items, often goes untreated as many who suffer from the disorder hesitate to seek help out of fear of being turned in for their illegal activities.
		Kleptomania appears to affect more women than men, and the age of onset often dates back to childhood or adolescence.
		Volunteers age 20 or older who think they may have kleptomania are encouraged to call the Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders Research Program at (650) 725-5180 for a confidential assessment for possible participation in the study.
	mednews.stanford.edu /releases/2004/September/kleptomania.htm (566 words)

	SocietyGuardian.co.uk \| Society \| Why do women steal?
		Kleptomania affects mostly women and is hard to distinguish from plain criminal shoplifting.
		That means it is far more likely that a woman with kleptomania will fall into the hands of the criminal justice system, rather than the mental health system - especially in the UK where the condition is barely even acknowledged.
		Kleptomania was first officially identified and given a diagnosis in a French textbook in 1838.
	society.guardian.co.uk /crimeandpunishment/story/0,8150,1002529,00.html (1258 words)

	Kleptomania in Impulse Control Disorders at ALLPSYCH Online
		Kleptomania appears to be much more common in females, but little is understood about the etiology.
		Kleptomania involves the failure to resist impulses to steal things that are not needed for either personal use or for their monetary value.
		(Kleptomania is quite rare, where common shoplifting is not).
	allpsych.com /disorders/impulse_control/kleptomania.html (185 words)

	Kleptomania - An Unhealthy Need to Steal and Pilfer
		Kleptomania is repeated occurence where a person cannot resist the impluse to steal things, and when the reason for this is not economic or need of something for own usage.
		In psychotherapeutic treatment of kleptomania, the patient lies on a couch and is helped to get into contact with the inner tension that urges her to kleptomania.
		If she sells the stolen goods, this is probably not kleptomania at the time of selling, but may still be kleptomania at the time of stealing.
	web4health.info /en/answers/anx-cause-treat-kleptomania.htm (503 words)

	Kleptomania :: Impulse Control
		HealthinMind - Kleptomania: Brief explanation of the disorder and its connection to the antisocial personality disorder and to manic episodes.
		Kleptomania, Shoplifting and Compulsive Stealing: DSM IV definition, resources, articles and news as well counseling for people who steal or are caught shoplifting, Theft Counselor Certification training and shoplifting seminars.
		The Treatment of Kleptomania with Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: An abstract of a study conducted on five patients to show the use of SSRI's can curb this disorder.
	www.gourt.com /Health/Mental-Health/Disorders/Impulse-Control/Kleptomania.html (297 words)

	Kleptomania \| DoctorNDTV: Health Information on Kleptomania
		If a person has kleptomania, he is unable to resist an urge or impulse to steal, although he may know that it is wrong to do so.
		While the causes of kleptomania are not known, there is some evidence that it may be related to the brain chemical serotonin.
		Kleptomania may begin as early as age five.
	www.doctorndtv.com /topics/detailtopics.asp?id=601&heading=AllTopics (421 words)

	HON - News : Antidepressants Don't Help Kleptomaniacs
		Unlike shoplifting, stealing related to kleptomania is not planned and is not motivated by need or financial gain.
		According to background information in the study, kleptomania has been estimated to account for 4 percent to 10 percent of shoplifting in the United States.
		With shoplifting causing estimated annual losses of $10 billion to $50 billion, kleptomania's toll is substantial.
	www.hon.ch /News/HSN/602771.html (851 words)

	Kleptomania
		Kleptomania is the inability to resist impulses to steal.
		Kleptomania appears to be more common in females than in males.
		Kleptomania is not an excuse for shoplifting or ordinary theft
	healthlibrary.epnet.com /GetContent.aspx?token=9cc295f8-f3b0-4b15-99b3-beb1e6cbe599&chunkiid=11723 (524 words)

	kleptomania - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		KLEPTOMANIA [kleptomania] [Gr.,=craze for stealing], irresistible compulsion to steal, motivated by neurotic impulse rather than material need.
		The condition is considered generally as the result of some underlying emotional disturbance rather than as a form of neurosis in itself.
		Legally kleptomania is not classified as insanity, and individuals are held responsible except when complete lack of control over their actions can be definitely established.
	www.highbeam.com /doc/1E1:kleptoma/kleptomania.html?refid=ip_hf (90 words)

	per-ansiosa
		Kleptomania is a neurotic condition characterized by the persistent impossibility to resist the drive to steal objects.
		The objects are not stolen by their immediate utility or monetary value; on the contrary, the subject may wish to discard them, give them away or collect them.
		Other case reports suggest that anti-depressive medication or drugs that are considered to stabilize the "mood" can be effective in kleptomania.
	www.cerebromente.org.br /n11/doencas/per-impulso-clepto-i.htm (500 words)

	Conquer Kleptomania \| Hypnosis Downloads.com
		Kleptomania - the compulsive need to steal - is different to shoplifting.
		Kleptomania can be similar to obsessive compulsive disorder and is a psychological condition.
		Because kleptomania relies on a kind of negative trance state to hold it in place, we can actually use hypnosis to break the bonds of kleptomania.
	www.hypnosisdownloads.com /downloads/hypnotherapy/kleptomania.html (483 words)

	KLEPTOMANIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		People often have the idea that people with kleptomania are people who steal everything.
		People with kleptomania may take something that is useless to them.
		People with kleptomania may go months or years without taking anything.
	www.metrohealth.org /HI/indexes/MENT3151.htm (267 words)

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