Kleptomania: Characteristics of 12 cases

European Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 67-77

  Wiedemann, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective spectrum disorder; Behaviour analysis; Impulse control disorder; Kleptomania; Multi impulsive disorder; Pathological stealing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEPTOMANIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031926411     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(98)80021-7     Document Type: Article

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