Kleptomania, mood disorder and lithium

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...

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Main Authors: Fábio Lopes Rocha, Maria Elizabete Guimarães Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1992-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1992000400023&lng=en&tlng=en