Empirical support for recognizing pathological buying/shopping as a mental disorder

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Astrid Müller · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Matthias Brand · Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Tobias A. Thomas · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Annica Kessling · University of Duisburg-Essen

Anna M. Schmid · University of Bamberg

Susana Jiménez-Murcia · Bellvitge University Hospital

Elisa Wegmann

Abstract

Pathological buying/shopping represents a distinct clinical syndrome that reflects underlying affective and cognitive dysfunctions and results in clinically significant distress and impairments. The findings provide further evidence of its classification as a disorder due to addictive behaviors.

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Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing Gambling Behavior and Treatments

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Published in: Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volume 146, pp. 152673-152673

DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2026.152673

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Empirical support for recognizing pathological buying/shopping as a mental disorder

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