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Shopping Addiction
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Shopping Addiction
A spending disorder which is
(1) Poorly controlled
(2) Markedly distressful, time-consuming, and which results in familial, social, vocational, and/or financial difficulties
(3) Does not occur in the context of hypomanic or manic symptoms


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Byline: By Emma Pomfret We all love to splash out in the shops, but for shopaholics ( or oniomania sufferers ( this all-consuming shopping frenzy lasts long past the January sales.
But as much as we all love to splash out in the shops, for shopaholics - or oniomania sufferers - this all-consuming shopping frenzy lasts long past January and is thought to be driven by the same type of motivation that fuels alcoholism or drug addiction.
Today, 15 million people suffer from the condition - clinically known as oniomania - in America alone.
 
 
 
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