Kleptomania, mood disorder and lithium

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Fábio Lopes Rocha²  Maria Elizabete Guimarães Rocha¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Hospital das Clínicas

关键词: kleptomania;    lithium;    mood disorders;    bipolar disorder;    cleptomania;    lítio;    distúrbios do humor;    distúrbio bipolar;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X1992000400023

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Kleptomania has been found in association with major depression in a fairly large number of reports in recent years. We describe a patient with concurrent DSM-III-R Bipolar Mood Disorder and Kleptomania, whose symptoms remitted completely, apparently in response to lithium therapy, which raised the possibility that pharmacological treatment may benefit kleptomania. Further studies are needed to establish the possible relationship between kleptomania, mood disorders and lithium therapy.

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