Stealing lately: A case of late-onset kleptomania

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 116-121

  McNeilly, Dennis P ^a,b   Burke, William J ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Forensic; Kleptomania

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEPTOMANIA; ONSET AGE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MMPI; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS;

EID: 0031886166     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199802)13:2<116::AID-GPS743>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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