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Shoplifting Associated With Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus: Report of a Case

R.A. Emsley, MBChB, MMed(Psych), MD

A 52-year-old woman who had been apprehended for shoplifting was found to have normal-pressure hydrocephalus due to aqueduct stenosis. We ascribe the shoplifting to impairment of social judgment, which was one of the observed fea tures of a dementia. Cerebrospinal fluid diversion by means of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt resulted in resolution of her symptoms. ( J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 1990;3:229-230).

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, Vol. 3, No. 4, 229-230 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/089198879000300409


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