Frotteurism and Kleptomania in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Report
| Autor: | Ana Raquel Figueiredo, Sofia Morais, Graça Areias, Nuno Madeira |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2184-5522 2184-5417 |
| DOI: | 10.51338/rppsm.505 |
| Popis: | Innate vulnerabilities in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) could increase the risk of comorbid psychiatric conditions and judicial problems. Persistent deficits in social communication, narrow, repetitive interests, or sensory impairments could lead to deviant behaviors. This case study refers to a 22-year-old male who exhibited behavioral particularities in agreement with the presence of frotteurism and kleptomania. The impulsive nature of these behaviors was consistent with repetitive and stereotyped patterns. Premorbid social impairments, mainly in the communication domain, were also prominent, leading to the suspicion of ASD. This case report introduces two rare comorbid conditions in ASD, with forensic implications that can severely impact patients’ lives. The importance of this association especially applies to high-functioning ASD, given the propensity to an unknown diagnosis. A high-level awareness of ASD, especially in forensic psychiatry, is of paramount pertinence regarding the opportunity for early interventions addressing sexual education and social skills training. Autism, high-level, frotteurism, kleptomania, sexual, impulse, forensic, psychiatry, social skills |
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