title: Treatment of kleptomania with fluvoxamine.
abstract: We report a patient fulfilling DSM-IV criteria for kleptomania who failed to respond to psychotherapy, behavioural therapy and pharmacotherapy with clomipramine, imipramine and lithium. He was successfully treated with the serotonergic agent fluvoxamine.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mental Health, Singapore.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Low
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016666:Fluvoxamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D016666:Fluvoxamine; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors