Suppressing The Compulsion To Steal: An Opiate Receptor Blocker Shows Promise In Treating Kleptomania

If a drug took the fun out of stealing, would it reduce crime? A new study scheduled for the April 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, suggests that this may be so. Kleptomania is a type of impulse control disorder characterized by persistent and recurrent patterns of stealing, where afflicted individuals often experience an irresistible urge to steal items they often don’t even need.

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Filed under: Clinical Trials on April 3rd, 2009