Bernhard Croissant1, Oliver Klein, Sabine Löber, Karl Mann. 1. Kliniken Landkreis Sigmaringen GmbH, Abteilung für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Lehrkrankenhaus Universität Tübingen. b.croissant@klksig.de
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: It is unclear what disease entity causes compulsive buying. In ICD-10 and DSM-IV, compulsive buying is classified as "Impulse control disorder--not otherwise classified". Some publications interpret compulsive buying rather as a dependence disorder. METHOD: We present the case of a male patient with compulsive buying syndrome. We discuss the close relationship to dependence disorders. CONCLUSIONS: The patient showed symptoms which would normally be associated with a dependence disorder. On the basis of a wider understanding of the dependency concept, as it is currently being discussed, we believe that the patient has shown a typical buying behavior that has presumably activated a reward loop similar to that of a substance dependency.
OBJECTIVE: It is unclear what disease entity causes compulsive buying. In ICD-10 and DSM-IV, compulsive buying is classified as "Impulse control disorder--not otherwise classified". Some publications interpret compulsive buying rather as a dependence disorder. METHOD: We present the case of a male patient with compulsive buying syndrome. We discuss the close relationship to dependence disorders. CONCLUSIONS: The patient showed symptoms which would normally be associated with a dependence disorder. On the basis of a wider understanding of the dependency concept, as it is currently being discussed, we believe that the patient has shown a typical buying behavior that has presumably activated a reward loop similar to that of a substance dependency.
Authors: Astrid Müller; Ekaterini Georgiadou; Annika Birlin; Nora M Laskowski; Susana Jiménez-Murcia; Fernando Fernández-Aranda; Thomas Hillemacher; Martina de Zwaan; Matthias Brand; Sabine Steins-Loeber Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-04-05 Impact factor: 3.390