[Pharmacological treatment of kleptomania--review].

According to most diagnostic manuals such as ICD-10 and DSM-IV, kleptomania is classified as an impulse-control disorder. With regard to comorbidity, kleptomania is related to the obsessive- compulsive disorder spectrum and to the broader spectrum of affective disorders. Accordingly a psychopharmacological intervention with anti-depressant drugs or mood stabilizers may be possible, even though there are to date no known results from controlled therapy studies.