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Kleptomania is a strong desire to steal. ... Kleptomania can be the result of emotional shortcomings during the yout. This diagnosis is one of the oldest clinical diagnoses can be tracked back over 100 years; however, it is also overused as less than 1 out of 20 shoplifters can e diagnosed with this disorder though they may claim to have kleptomania in attempt to avoid prosecution. ... Shoplifting is more common than kleptomania, it is estimate that less than 5% of indiviuals who shoplift exhibit symptoms of kleptomania. Some clinicians view kleptomania as part of the obsessive-compulsive spectrum of disorders, reasoning that many individuals experience the impulse to steal as an alien, unwanted intrusion into their mental state.
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