Citation

Ramelli E, Mapelli G. Acta Psychiatr. Belg. 1979; 79(1): 56-74.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, Acta Psychiatrica Belgica)

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Abstract

Presents in detail the case of a 51-yr-old woman of well-to-do economic condition who was caught shoplifting from a large store during an attack of depression. Melancholic dysthymia seemed well-supported as a diagnosis. Several interpretive hypotheses are presented about the origin of stealing as a depressive symptom, the most attractive one indicating its equivalence to suicide. (English, Dutch, German, Italian, & Spanish summaries) (60 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

51 yr old female; Adjustment Disorders; Case Report; Depression (Emotion); Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders; Female; Humans; Kleptomania; kleptomania as symptom of depression; Middle Aged; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder