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Are there any connections between kleptomania and addiction?

Gül ERYILMAZ,Alptekin ÇETİN
2021, 5(2), s:33-34

Kleptomania is a clinical condition in which the desire to steal different objects cannot be inhibited regardless of value. It is classified as “impulse control disorder” in DSM 5. A 24-year-old patient with alcohol use disorder developed kleptomania after successful treatment. In this case, kleptomania can also be evaluated from the perspective of addiction.