Dr Az Hakeem- Profile!

Dr Az Hakeem (MBBS FRCPsych MSc MIGA) is a Consultant Psychiatrist in General Psychiatry, Psychotherapy & Forensic Psychotherapy at Camden & Islington and The Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trusts London.  He is currently living in Sydney and working at Liverpool Hospital NSW on a 12 month sabbatical. Dr Hakeem completed advanced training in both … Continue reading →

Shopaholism or compulsive buying disorder!

Is compulsive buying a valid mental illness? Dr AZ Hakeem 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 →