Cognitive behavioral therapy for compulsive buying disorder.
To our knowledge, no psychotherapy treatment studies for compulsive buying have been published. The authors conducted a pilot trial comparing the efficacy of a group cognitive behavioral intervention designed for the treatment of compulsive buying to a waiting list control. Twenty-eight subjects were assigned to receive active treatment and 11 to the waiting list control group. The results at the end of treatment showed significant advantages for cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) over the waiting list in reductions in the number of compulsive buying episodes and time spent buying, as well as scores on the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale--Shopping Version and the Compulsive Buying Scale. Improvement was well-maintained at 6-month follow-up. The pilot data suggests that a cognitive behavioral intervention can be quite effective in the treatment of compulsive buying disorder. This model requires further testing.
Mitchell
James E
JE
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, 700 1st Avenue South, Fargo, North Dakota 58102, USA. mitchell@medicine.nodak.edu
Burgard
Melissa
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Faber
Ron
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Crosby
Ross D
RD
de Zwaan
Martina
M
D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003132:Commerce; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept