Open AccessKLEPTOMANIA: A CASE REPORT IN A NIGERIAN WOMAN
Author(s) -
Oladele Ot,
Abdurahman Ah,
Ibrahim Abdullahi,
Madandola No
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
caliphate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2346-7207
pISSN - 2346-7193
DOI - 10.47837/cmj.19770126.nma.2013123493
Subject(s) - psychology , impulse (physics) , presentation (obstetrics) , anxiety , personality , psychiatry , mental health , impulse control disorder , pathological , medicine , social psychology , surgery , pathology , physics , quantum mechanics
The clinical manifestation of kleptomania also called pathological stealing consists essentially of repeated acts of stealing without any apparent motive of gain to the individual. It results from an intense urge to steal with mounting tension and relief of anxiety afterwards. It falls under the category of habit and impulse disorder of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD 10) and can exist primarily without coexisting axis 1 diagnosis or impairment of personality which may result in delayed presentation to health facility and poor social support during management. We report clinically diagnosed kleptomania in a 34year old Nigerian female to raise awareness among primary care physicians and mental health providers, especially in the setting of a developing economy.