Lynn* can remember the very first time she stole something. A kid's toy from a friend when she was seven years old. It was nothing out of the ordinary — young kids often steal and tend to grow out of ...

Kleptomania is a mental health disorder characterized by a recurrent urge to steal items that are typically not needed for personal use or for their monetary value. People with kleptomania often ...

We introduced kleptomania in the previous edition as a rare and often misunderstood mental health condition characterised by the irresistible urge to steal items not for personal gain, but as a way of ...

Kleptomania is a rare mental health disorder in which people are unable to resist the urge to steal things. They may shoplift things they have no use for, do not need, or could afford to buy. When a ...

Shoplifting is a very common issue all throughout the world, and the US is no exception, with approximately one in every eleven Americans having shoplifted at least once in their lives. One of the ...

Kleptomania has been formally described in the literature for about 200 years. Nevertheless, it is poorly appreciated, with little data examining its pathology or treatment. Although the lifetime ...

A woman in Brazil who had cosmetic surgery ended up with not only a flatter stomach and larger breasts, she also developed kleptomania for a few weeks, a new case report reveals. A few days after ...

Kangana Ranaut is back with a bang. She is a powerhouse of talent and has also won a National Award for her role in Queen. This time she is back on the screen playing the role of a kleptomaniac and a ...