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Diagnosis information
Core diagnostic criteria, specifiers, differential considerations, and documentation support in one open, scan-friendly view.
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Core criterion A
Recurrent failure to resist impulses to steal objects that are not needed for personal use or for their monetary value
Core criterion B
Increasing sense of tension immediately before committing the theft
Core criterion C
Pleasure, gratification, or relief at the time of committing the theft
Core criterion D
Stealing is not committed to express anger or vengeance, and is not in response to a delusion or hallucination
Core criterion E
Stealing not better explained by conduct disorder, manic episode, or antisocial PD
Consistent with [Kleptomania] [specifier(s)]. There have been recurrent failures to resist impulses to steal objects that are not needed for personal use or for their monetary value; increasing tension or affective arousal immediately before committing the theft; pleasure, gratification, or relief at the time of committing the theft, forming a pattern of impulse-driven stealing rather than planned or instrumental behaviour. The presentation is further characterised by stealing that is not committed to express anger or vengeance; not motivated by delusions or hallucinations; not occurring exclusively during a manic episode; objects often being discarded, returned, or hoarded without use. These behaviours have resulted in clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, interpersonal, or legal functioning, and are not better explained by conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder, substance intoxication, or another primary psychiatric condition.
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