Treatment of kleptomania with fluvoxamine.
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.
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Institute of Mental Health, Singapore.
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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*
D016666:Fluvoxamine; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors