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Shopping Addiction
Shopping Addiction Causes
Shopping Addiction Treatment

Those suffering from a compulsive buying disorder can seek shopping addiction treatment from any therapist or psychologist, despite the lack of a quantified, well-defined diagnosis, since the underlying issues are indeed psychological.

Furthermore, the web site shopaholicsanonymous.org offers the following suggestions for shopping addiction treatment:

• Reduce temptations
• Cut up plastic; close charge accounts; rip up credit card offers and home equity applications
• Make lists before going to the store; buy what you need only – call folks, take a trusted friend
• Wait so many hours before purchase
• Do you need this or do you just want it?
• Develop other ways to handle emotions
• Develop fun things to do
• Learn to ride through urges and preoccupations
• Develop habits in stores

In conclusion, we will refer to a recent paper in the American Journal of Psychiatry , which nicely sums up not only our views on shopping addiction, but a number of other behavioral compulsions not currently in the DSM-IV:

“Viewing compulsive buying from a medical perspective and as a diagnosable mental disorder has several advantages. It might facilitate routine screening for the condition by mental health professionals, and perhaps, even inclusion of the disorder in national prevalence surveys, which would help define the true prevalence of the disorder. It might also lead to the study of vulnerability factors for the development of the disorder, better characterization of brain-based circuits, and the development of effective psychosocial and medication treatments. Although prevention of over diagnosis or possible misuse of diagnostic labels is important, these concerns should be balanced against the advancement of knowledge that could potentially lead to new treatments or prevention strategies for serious human problems.”

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