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Exposure and response prevention therapy augmented with naltrexone in kleptomania: a controlled case study using galvanic skin response for monitoring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2019

Sebastian Olbrich Open the ORCID record for Sebastian Olbrich [Opens in a new window] ,
Ina Jahn  and
Katarina Stengler
Sebastian Olbrich*
Affiliation:
Department for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Zurich, Switzerland
Ina Jahn
Affiliation:
Department for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Leipzig, Germany Department for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Helios Park Hospital Leipzig, Germany
Katarina Stengler
Affiliation:
Department for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Leipzig, Germany Department for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Helios Park Hospital Leipzig, Germany
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*Corresponding author. Email: Sebastian.olbrich@puk.zh.ch
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Abstract

Background:

Kleptomania is a disease that shares features with obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders (OCD) and with substance abuse disorders (SAD). This is underlined by therapeutic approaches in kleptomania ranging from cognitive behavioural therapy and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors that are effective in OCD, and opioid antagonists that are currently being used in SAD. However, almost no literature exists about exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy in kleptomania. Furthermore, there is a clear lack of objective markers that would allow a therapeutic monitoring.

Aim:

To show the effectiveness of ERP therapy in kleptomania in a single case report.

Method:

An ERP therapy under real-world conditions and later augmentation with the opioid antagonist naltrexone is described. Continuous measurements of galvanic skin response (GSR) before, during and after therapy sessions are reported in association with changes of the Kleptomania Symptom Assessment Scale (KSAS) self-questionnaire.

Results:

While KSAS scores showed a clear treatment response to ERP sessions, the GSR was significantly lower during ERP treatment in comparison with baseline measures. However, during augmentation with naltrexone, GSR measures increased again and clinical severity did not further improve.

Conclusions:

This case shows the possible usefulness of ERP-like approaches and therapy monitoring using electrophysiological markers of arousal for individualized treatment in kleptomania.

Keywords

CBTgalvanic skin responseexposure and response preventionkleptomania
Type
Brief Clinical Report
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 47 , Issue 5 , September 2019 , pp. 622 - 627
Copyright
© British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2019 

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