Compulsive behavior refers to the continued repetition of a behavior despite adverse consequences. The compulsions are fuelled by the obsessions (e.g., intrusive thoughts of contaminations).

Compulsive buying behavior (CBB) is characterised by an overwhelming urge to purchase goods or services despite adverse personal, social and financial consequences. Recognised increasingly as a form ...

Pay attention to your college or high school student’s behaviors, especially now that summer break has arrived. If they’re not present for family meals, not going out with friends, missing work, ...

Breanne, a single mom in Portland, appeared live on video on The Ramsey Show, opening up about a spending addiction so severe she's in therapy. When co-hosts Jade Warshaw and Ken Coleman asked what ...

A clinical study of treatment-seeking patients reveals that compulsive buying disorder affects men and women in similar ways psychologically, but gender differences emerge in what people buy and how ...

Peter Murrell has been urged to 'get help' by a shopping addiction expert. The disgraced former SNP chief executive, 61, was jailed for five years and three months on Tuesday after admitting to ...

Breanne, a single mother, appeared live on video on The Ramsey Show and opened up about a spending addiction so serious that she’s currently in therapy to overcome it. When cohosts Jade Warshaw and ...