Disorders / Shopaholism

Shopaholism or compulsive buying disorder!

Is compulsive buying a valid mental illness? Dr AZ HakeemĀ talks on compulsive buying Excerpt transcribed from the Weekend Sunrise TV programme in Australia. Compulsive buying disorder or shopping addiction as it reappeared in psychiatric literature this month is nothing new. In the 1950’s ‘oniomania’ (has nothing to with onions) was entered as shopaholism or compulsive … Continue reading