Adolescent stealing treated with motivational interviewing and imaginal desensitization — Case report

Jon E. Grant; Brian L. Odlaug; Christopher B. Donahue

doi:10.1556/jba.1.2012.4.7

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Adolescent stealing treated with motivational interviewing and imaginal desensitization — Case report

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Jon E. Grant

Jon E. Grant Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

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Brian L. Odlaug

Brian L. Odlaug Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Christopher B. Donahue

Christopher B. Donahue Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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Pages:: 191–192

Online Publication Date:: 01 Dec 2012

Publication Date:: 01 Dec 2012

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1556/jba.1.2012.4.7

Keywords:: adolescence; antisocial; stealing; maladaptive; therapy

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Abstract

Background

Adolescent shoplifting occurs in an estimated 15% of the United States population. Although adolescent stealing is associated with significant psychosocial consequences there is limited research concerning efficacious treatments.

Case study

A 17-year-old male with a history of compulsive stealing was treated using a six-session, individualized cognitive-behavioral therapy protocol which included motivational interviewing, psycho-education, behavioral modification, and an exposure script using imaginal desensitization. After the six-session therapy, the patient continued for eight further sessions of therapy to maintain treatment gains. His Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale scores dropped from a 22 pre-treatment to a 3 at the end of the 14 sessions of therapy and he remained abstinent from stealing.

Discussion

This case reports on the successful use of an individualized, cognitive behavioral therapy on an adolescent with compulsive shoplifting and other antisocial behaviors. This treatment provides a promising step towards the treatment of a relatively common adolescent behavior.

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Geert DOM (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Nicki DOWLING (Deakin University, Geelong, Australia)
Hamed EKHTIARI (University of Minnesota, United States)
Jon ELHAI (University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA)
Ana ESTEVEZ (University of Deusto, Spain)
Fernando FERNANDEZ-ARANDA (Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain)
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Mark GRIFFITHS (Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom)
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Anneke GOUDRIAAN (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Susumu HIGUCHI (National Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center, Japan)
David HODGINS (University of Calgary, Canada)
Eric HOLLANDER (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA)
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Katerina LUKAVSKA (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
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Daniel Thor OLASON (University of Iceland, Iceland)
Ståle PALLESEN (University of Bergen, Norway)
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