An addiction to seeking fortune-telling services: a case report
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1Moscow Research and Practical Centre on Addictions, Moscow Research and Practical Centre on Addictions of the Moscow, Department of Healthcare, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
The paper describes a case report of a 36-years old female patient suffering from an addiction to seeking fortune-telling services, which is a type of behavioral addiction, or non-substance addiction. This condition is characterized by the addiction to various "occult services", fortune tellers and other representatives of nontraditional practices who are usually manipulative and self-serving. The authors reveal that this case report of fortune telling addiction possesses all of six components universal for addictions.In light of the increasing prevalence of various behavioral addictions, clinical psychiatrists should be aware of this phenomenon.
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