![]() ![]() Understand that these medications may take several weeks to obtain the desired effect fully. Choosing the right medication depends on any other conditions you have (e.g., depression, OCD), side effects you may experience and your lifestyle. There is no one medication that works perfectly for anyone with kleptomania. These therapies should be used in conjunction with CBT and/or medication in order to effectively treat the symptoms of kleptomania. People with kleptomania may also benefit from other therapeutic treatments, such as psychodynamic therapy, family therapy or marriage counseling. CBT techniques include covert sensitization, or imagining yourself being caught stealing and dealing with the consequences aversion therapy, or causing yourself discomfort when the urge to steal arises and systematic desensitization, or the use of connecting relaxation techniques and imagery to your urge to steal. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, motivates people with kleptomania to identify harmful beliefs that they have and replace them with positive, more realistic beliefs. More recently, however, cognitive behavioral therapy has become the therapeutic treatment of choice. ![]() The traditional protocol for treating kleptomania was insight-oriented therapy, a therapeutic technique that tackled underlying psychological problems that may have been motivating a person to steal. Because it is common to have relapses during treatment, make sure to keep in touch with your practitioner during treatment. There are two main types of treatment for kleptomania – one revolves around therapy and the other around medication. ![]() Treating kleptomania can be difficult, due to fear of retribution or humiliation, as well as due to the fact that researchers have not yet ascertained the perfect treatment protocol for the condition. Kleptomania, a condition in which a person feels compelled to steal is an impulse control disorder that is related to obsessive compulsive disorder. ![]()
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