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Kleptomania [ edit ] Founded in 1968 by Charlie Deraedemaeker (bass), Francis Goya (guitar) and singer Lou Deprijck , Kleptomania was a cult Belgian rock band which underwent several line up changes, Lademacher joining in 1969 and being voted best guitarist in Belgium three years running.
Kleptomania is the inability to resist the urge to steal items, usually for reasons other than personal use or financial gain. First described in 1816, kleptomania is classified in psychiatry as an impulse control disorder. [2]
The fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders that was published in 2013 includes a new chapter (not in DSM-IV-TR) on disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders covering disorders "characterized by problems in emotional and behavioral self-control". [1]
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
Egomania – obsession with oneself and self-worship (ego- (Latin) meaning I, first person and singular pronoun); Ergomania, ergasiomania – work (ergasio- or ergo- (Greek) meaning work)
Kleptocracy (from Greek κλέπτης kléptēs, "thief", or κλέπτω kléptō, "I steal", and -κρατία-kratía from κράτος krátos, "power, rule"), also referred to as thievocracy, [1] [2] is a government whose corrupt leaders (kleptocrats) use political power to expropriate the wealth of the people and land they govern ...
2 Introduction In December 1987, the author was engaged by the Department of State’s Bureau for Refugee Programs to undertake an assessment of designated Mozambican refugee matters. The Bureau’s Director, Ambassador Jonathan Moore, decided to have the assessment conducted as a result of the Bureau’s
An outbreak of apparent kleptomania at a student hostel arouses Hercule Poirot's interest when he sees the bizarre list of stolen and vandalised items. These include a stethoscope, some lightbulbs, some old flannel trousers, a box of chocolates, a slashed rucksack, some boracic powder and a diamond ring later found in a bowl of soup – he congratulates the warden, Mrs Hubbard, on a 'unique ...