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Chairman NMA
Dr Umar Muhammad Muktar
Chairman NMA Sokoto
Abstract
| Volume 10 Number 3 - 4 July - December 2022 |
| Oladele OT , Abdurahman AH , Abdullahi I , Madandola NO |
| The clinical manifestation of kleptomania also called pathological stealing consists essentially of repeated acts of stealing without any apparent motive of gain to the individual. It results from an intense urge to steal with mounting tension and relief of anxiety afterwards. It falls under the category of habit and impulse disorder of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD 10) and can exist primarily without coexisting axis 1 diagnosis or impairment of personality which may result in delayed presentation to health facility and poor social support during management. We report clinically diagnosed kleptomania in a 34year old Nigerian female to raise awareness among primary care physicians and mental health providers, especially in the setting of a developing economy. |
| 10.47837/cmj.19770126.nma.2013123493 |
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