1st Edition

Compulsive Buying Clinical Foundations and Treatment

Edited By Astrid Müller, James E. Mitchell Copyright 2011
312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

Rooted in research and clinical practice, Compulsive Buying examines the drive that compels people to compulsively purchase and hoard their acquisitions. The authors and contributors cover the entire scope of this behavior and discuss what clinicians need to know in order to better understand and treat their clients. Among the key subjects examined are case reports, correct diagnosis,... Read more

Part I: Clinical Foundations

Chapter 1: Case Reports, Peterson, Ertlet, Muller, Benson

Chapter 2: Normal Buying Behavior and the Psychology of Acquisition, Raab

Chapter 3: Diagnosis and Epidemiology, Faber

Chapter 4: Assessment and Instruments, Black

Chapter 5: Psychiatric Comorbidity, de Zwaan

Chapter 6: Compulsive Buying and Hoarding, Muller, Frost

Chapter 7: Etiology, Ertelt, Marino, Muller

Chapter 8: Treatment and Treatment Research, Mitchell, Steffan

Chapter 9: Directions for Future Research, Muller, Mitchell

Part II: Treatment

Therapist’s Guide, Mitchell

Treatment Manual, Mitchell

Biography

Astrid Muller, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy in Germany.

James E. Mitchell, MD, is a professor, Chair of Clinical Neuroscience, and President of the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute at the University of North Dakota, USA.

"Astrid Muller and James Mitchell have edited a new and highly interesting book on this debilitating condition, providing useful information to clinicians. This book presents good information on the diagnosis, etiology, and treatment of compulsive buying. This book, which keeps both a medical and a psychological point of view, will be useful to mental health professionals who work with patients with compulsive buying and who want to improve their ability to recognize and treat this condition with standardized protocols." - Michel Lejoyeux, MD, PhD, Department of Psychitary and Addictive Medicine, Bichat Hospital and Paris 7 University, in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

"This book sheds light on the importance of the ways in which CB [Compulsive Buying] maintains distressing behaviours. As there have not been enough studies done on this topic, this book usefully pulls all the information into one." - Heather Brobbey, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, in Journal of Mental Health