Addictive (Non-Drug) and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms after Focal Brain Lesions

Abstract

This chapter presents an overview of different addictive and obsessive-compulsive symptoms and their constellations due to focal brain lesions. In general, such symptoms are not systematically reported in the literature, and the knowledge about the networks involved is sometimes sparse. Finally, we present an original case with an unusual combination of kleptomania and hyper-religiosity.