Can those suffering from kleptomania actually forget an act of steeling something?

Answer 1

Those actually diagnosed with kleptomania as defined in DSM-IV TR (the diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders of the American Psychiatric Association) do not usually steal things for value but as an OCD reason. Kleptomania is not acceptable as a defense in a court of law.

To answer your question, they may not remember the act or items they stole because it is usually done in a state so as to relieve fear or tension for some other co-morbid reason.

For more information on this mental disorder type "kleptomania" into Yahoo! web search. A number of links comes up Wikipedia has a good short summary.

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