Abstract
Background Compulsive or pathological buying (or oniomania) is defined as frequent preoccupation with buying or impulses to buy that are experienced as irresistible, intrusive, and/or senseless. The buying behavior causes marked distress, interferes with social functioning, and often results in financial problems. It should be diagnosed as impulse control disorder not otherwise specified (ICD-10 F63.9). Compulsive buying has received increased research attention in the last decade.
Highlights
Compulsive or pathological buying is defined as frequent preoccupation with buying or impulses to buy that are experienced as irresistible, intrusive, and/or senseless
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The buying behavior causes marked distress, interferes with social functioning, and often results in financial problems. It should be diagnosed as impulse control disorder not otherwise specified (ICD-10 F63.9)
Summary
Compulsive or pathological buying (or oniomania) is defined as frequent preoccupation with buying or impulses to buy that are experienced as irresistible, intrusive, and/or senseless. Address: 1Panhellenic Association for Continual Medical Research (PACMeR), Greece and 22nd Department of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece * Corresponding author from International Society on Brain and Behaviour: 3rd International Congress on Brain and Behaviour Thessaloniki, Greece. Published: 17 April 2008 Annals of General Psychiatry 2008, 7(Suppl 1):S273 doi:10.1186/1744-859X-7-S1-S273
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