![]() ![]() ![]() She felt relief when she stole the items, then shame and guilt shortly thereafter, which fueled higher levels of anxiety. The kind of feelings she described fueled her behavior were to her, considered involuntary, and were mainly driven by anxiety. The girl was reported to have stolen clothes from stores on a daily basis. She would steal small things like food, candy, and money at first and then moved up to shoplifting. When she was around fourteen, she displayed negative habits that resulted in stealing from her neighbors continually for two years among other things. The sixteen-year-old girl developed symptoms of kleptomania early on. The case study by Herguner & Tanidir not only provides important clues regarding diagnosis of the disorder, but also ways to manage it effectively. An article covering a case study of a sixteen-year-old girl with both kleptomania and ADHD reveals the kind of behavior typically associated with the disorder as well as the success of the treatment she received after diagnosis. ![]() It is often simply lumped along with other, more common disorders like depression and ADHD. Normally people who show symptoms of kleptomania have an inability to resist the urge to steal and do so impulsively and at times obsessively.īecause kleptomania is so rare, very few studies have been able to truly understand its neurological mechanism nor its origin. The disorder is commonly characterized by a need to steal things, sometimes trivial things, in order to feel better or feel in control. Shoplifting although similar to kleptomania, is not habitual nor does it produce the same effects that someone suffering from kleptomania would. Kleptomania is a rare disorder found in both men and women with women producing higher occurrences than men. This suggests these three disorders may have more in common than initially believed. Women are known to suffer more from these disorders than men. Kleptomania has been linked to compulsive buying and binge-eating disorder. New research however, has begun linking the disorder to others in hopes of better understanding what causes kleptomania and how to effectively treat it. They may include treatment options, background on the disorders, or even how to identify a person suffering from kleptomania. ![]()
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