A review of compulsive buying disorder

摘要: Compulsive buying disorder (CBD) is characterized by excessive shopping cognitions and behavior that leads to distress or impairment. Found worldwide, the has a lifetime prevalence of 5.8% in US general population. Most subjects studied clinically are women (~80%), though this gender difference may be artifactual. Subjects with CBD report preoccupation shopping, prepurchase tension anxiety, sense relief following purchase. associated significant psychiatric comorbidity, particularly mood anxiety disorders, substance use eating other disorders impulse control. The majority persons appear meet criteria for an Axis II disorder, although there no special "shopping" personality. tends run families, these families filled disorders. There standard treatments. Psychopharmacologic treatment studies being actively pursued, group cognitive-behavioral models have been developed promising. Debtors Anonymous, simplicity circles, bibliotherapy, financial counseling, marital therapy also play role management CBD.