The word kleptomania has its roots in kléptes Greek and literally means "to steal mania". The term was created more than two centuries to describe the impulse to steal unnecessary or small valuables. Jean Etienne Esquirol, French psychiatrist, disciple of Philippe Pinel, noted in 1838 that the individual often tries to avoid this behavior, but by its nature, it is irresistible. He wrote: "voluntary control is deeply committed: the patient is required to perform acts which are not dictated nor its reason, nor your emotions, acts which his conscience disapproves, but he has no intention.
Stealing is one of the most socially unacceptable crimes. There are even countries where the theft is punished with penalties ranging from flogging to death in severe cases.
There are famous kleptomaniac who steal without as eg. the case of American actress Winona Ryder 36, who in 2006 stole clothes at Saks Fifth Avenue, the Brazilian Rabbi Henry Sobel, who stole ties, the Brazilian designer Ronaldo Ésper who stole vessels in the cemetery and Haydée character of the novel " America "(Brazil), (played by Christiane Torloni), who suffered from kleptomania and sensitize the population and motivated people who suffered this problem to seek help.
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