Shopping addiction is often overlooked in clinical settings, frequently mentioned only as a trait within individuals with impulse control disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), or hoarding ...

A clinical study of treatment-seeking patients reveals that compulsive buying disorder affects men and women in similar ways psychologically, but gender differences emerge in what people buy and how ...

Compulsive buying-shopping disorder (CBSD) is characterized by an intense urge to engage in and excessive preoccupation with buying/shopping, and significantly impaired control over buying/shopping ...