What is Kleptomania?
What is Kleptomania?
- Kleptomania: Intense urge to steal. Usually kleptomaniacs have a near relative who suffers from a substance abuse disorder.
- Kleptomania: an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Kleptomania: Introduction
Types of Kleptomania:
Broader types of Kleptomania:
What are the symptoms of Kleptomania?
Symptoms of Kleptomania:
see symptoms of Kleptomania
Onset of Kleptomania: usually during puberty
Kleptomania: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Kleptomania.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Kleptomania.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Kleptomania:
see treatments for Kleptomania
Society issues for Kleptomania
Hospitalization statistics for Kleptomania:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Kleptomania:
- 0.00002% (3) of hospital consultant episodes were for pathological stealing or kleptomania in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 91% of hospital consultant episodes for pathological stealing or kleptomania required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 57% of hospital consultant episodes for pathological stealing or kleptomania were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 43% of hospital consultant episodes for pathological stealing or kleptomania were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 76% of hospital consultant episodes for pathological stealing or kleptomania required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 32.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for pathological stealing or kleptomania in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Kleptomania
Main name of condition: Kleptomania
Other names or spellings for Kleptomania:
pathological stealing
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