When some comes to you and say that Ambassador was caught stealing a book from a library; a famous actress steals fork and spoons from a five star hotel or rollers, hair pins from a beauty saloon, a researcher stealing a test tube or a beaker. You might think that someone is lying you or that person is joking. How can you trust? A book might not be that expensive for an ambassador that he steals in a foreign soil? The fork, spoons, hair pins are that expensive for an actress or test tubes and beaker are that much expensive a researcher cannot afford? Then what is all this?
The real problem is such people are suffering from disease called Kleptomania and the patients are called kleptos. It is a psychological disorder that a kleptos impulse or subconsciously takes things of less value. They repeatedly take things that are not valuable, they feel increased tension right before the theft, feeling pleasure or relief at the time of the theft and they steal without feelings of anger or revenge. Some klepots often throw away the stolen goods, some return back after some time due to guilt or some they just keep those things they steal. Psychiatrists consider kleptomania as a disease, but there is no legal excuse for them.
Treatment of kleptomania typically involves medications and psychotherapy, perhaps along with self-help groups. However, there is no standard kleptomania treatment and researchers are still trying to understand what may work best. The drugs like antidepressants, mood stabilizers, tranquilizers are given to kliptons.
The cause of kleptomania is not known but it is due to the naturally occurring brain chemical called serotonin.
Complications of such disorders may result in arrest, imprisonment, depression, alcohol and substance abuse, eating disorders, anxiety, compulsive gambling or shopping, suicidal thoughts or behavior, social isolation.
Therefore this disease must be identified and treated. Otherwise kliptos may face lots of consequences in life. We need to join hands to make people aware of this disease rather than hiding and physically and verbally abusing such patients.
