Abstract:Kleptomania is an impulse control disorder. It refers to an irresistible compulsion to steal, motivated by neurotic impulse rather than material need. For Kleptomaniacs, stealing is not about money; it is about feeling and the rush of lairing on edge. People with kleptomania have long been ignored by the frontline workers and even the policymakers as the actual number of these people is not realistic and reflective. Very often, kleptomania ran away with the treatment at an earlier date, fearing that the treatm… Show more
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