Kleptomania: clinical features and comorbidity in an Italian sample.

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Kleptomania, listed in DSM-IV as an impulse control disorder not elsewhere classified, is a psychiatric condition still poorly understood and subject of only a few systematic studies. The aim of this research was, therefore, to evaluate the clinical features and comorbidity of Italian patients with a DSM-IV diagnosis of kleptomania. Twenty outpatients with a lifetime diagnosis of kleptomania by DSM-IV criteria,...

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