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How canyou deal with kleptomania in children?
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Kleptomania: It is an impulse control disorder, characterized by urge to steal. It can occur with mood, anxiety, eating disorders, substance abuse & obsessive compulsive do. Treatment is thru cognitive behavioral therapy & medications to treat the associated comorbid disorders.
Answered 5/21/2017
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