Emergence of kleptomania during treatment for depression with serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors.
Kleptomania, one of the rare impulse-control disorders, is characterized by an irresistible impulse to steal objects not needed for personal use or monetary value. There is a comorbidity between mood disorders, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and kleptomania. Several recent case reports have suggested that serotonin reuptake inhibitors could be effective in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders and specifically in kleptomania. We describe three depressed patients who paradoxically experienced kleptomanic behavior during treatment with serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors.
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Psychiatry A Department, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Dannon
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Iancu
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Sasson
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Zohar
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D000368:Aged; D018687:Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000009:adverse effects; D016666:Fluvoxamine / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects*
D018687:Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation; D005473:Fluoxetine; D016666:Fluvoxamine; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors