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In the acute shortage of remembering a historical fact - the French King Henry IV, who adored snitch at a party some trifle. In the life of kleptomania than falls to the examination and to justice. Catch them in most cases in the stores (there is easiest by their desire, and in addition, the stores often come across items which kleptomaniac "turned off"). Western statistics said that kleptomania is approximately 5% of shoplifters. The rest - just thieves. Some of them - teenagers - can go to this craft as a ritual of "initiation into adulthood, as well as a sense of youthful resistance or desire polihachit in front of his company. So who are prone to kleptomania? Proceedings of Canadian studies claim that the majority of patients - women, their average age - 36 years, the usual "experience" of the disease - about 16 years. Needle in the haystack even worldly-wise physicians is extremely difficult to distinguish from kleptomania simply theft. As told head of forensic psychiatric examinations SSC for Social and Forensic Psychiatry. VPSerbsky, Professor Boris Shostakovich, in the practice of kleptomania to isolate just a few decades. - Boris, our citizens are able to "mow down" under any condition, and the thief - so easy direct benefit to simulate the symptoms of kleptomania. They are good at it? - There were times when a man repeatedly commits a robbery and explained that he could not resist. For example, a teacher from time to time, stealing from their peers, some amount of money. When she was detained, she claimed that he suffers kleptomania. From my point of view, the case is questionable: the fact that it is interested in money, made it impossible to prove kleptomania. In kleptomania gaming, sports motif, and not selfish. In general, it is such a unique attraction disorder, which proved extremely rare. Giving a particular conclusion, continue to doubt. Many years ago, a citizen of every month in the menswear department of GUM stealing clothes production GDR. Engineer, with higher education - for the thieves at all unusual. Put in the fitting room suit from the top - his own and walked to the exit. Quite often, come, become familiar salesmen, they are after his departure found ourselves short suits. Twelve pieces in total steals, all kept at home. Swore that he could not control myself. We have not regarded it as kleptomania. Although now I understand that this was exactly it ... And then it was decided that the suit - it's all the same material value, and the man held responsible. - Where does kleptomania? - This is a willful violation associated with the breakdown of habits that drive. Something pulls, forced to commit such acts. There are a number of disorders of desire - the desire to vagrancy, pyromania (when a person takes pleasure in the form of fire and commit arson). Here are some other disorders - bulimia (overeating passion), anorexia (reverse version), sexy "developments" like to explain, but in the case of kleptomania and pyromania, in truth, it is difficult to allocate on the basis of instinct, internal motivation, they are developing .