Compulsive shopping: Is it a disorder?

Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 02:07 in Health & Medicine

Adopting compulsive shopping as a diagnosis would require most insurers to cover its treatment, among other implications. There is little doubt that compulsive shopping can cause severe impairment and distress -- two key criteria for formal recognition as a mental disorder.

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