Saturday, October 14, 2006
The Shopaholic Disorder?
There may be more than 10 million people [who are compulsive shoppers] in the United States... They shop compulsively, buy things they do not need and often cannot afford, and place their work, their families and their mental health in jeopardy... The problem is widespread and serious enough that the American Psychiatric Association, which is updating its influential "bible" of mental disorders, is weighing whether to list compulsive buying as a disorder... Like other addicts, binge buyers usually want to stop but find they cannot. (Full article here)
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