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Christian Clemm von Hohenberg1, Harald Dreßing1
1Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg.
Abstract:
We report the case of a 48-year-old female whom we examined for legal culpability. The proband was taking the dopamine agonist pramipexole as a treatment for Parkinson's disease. In temporal association, she had committed numerous shoplifting offences.While pathological gambling, excessive shopping and hypersexuality have often been described as adverse effects of dopamine agonists, there are only few reports about impulsive stealing in this context.We discuss the synergy of the pharmacological effects with familial, biographic and social factors, suggesting a bio-psycho-social etiology.
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