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Published on: January 9, 2015
[Compulsive shopping--current considerations on classification and therapy]
1Abteilung für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Kliniken Landkreis Sigmaringen GmbH, Lehrkrankenhaus Universität Tübingen, Sigmaringen. b.croissant@klksig.de
Abstract:
Compulsive shopping is classified by ICD-10 (F63.8) as an "impulse control disorder, not otherwise classified". Several authors consider compulsive shopping rather as a variety of dependence disorder. It is characterized by the impulsive or compulsive buying of unneeded things, personal distress, impaired social and vocational functioning, and/or financial problems. In this case, we discuss a two-way therapy consisting of addiction-specific psychological education and high dose selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). We further point to compliance problems caused by SSRI side effects.
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