Boermans J A J, Egger J I M
Tijdschr Psychiatr. 2010;52(1):29-39.
Compulsive buyers feel a continual urge to buy things, irrespective of their financial means. Interest in compulsive buying has increased in the last 30 to 40 years. Since excessive buying is a regularly occurring feature of various illnesses encountered in clinical practice, one wonders whether it should be regarded as a sign of the times, as a symptom of a psychiatric illness or as a distinct psychiatric syndrome.
To gain insight into the concept of compulsive buying.
We searched the literature via Medline, PubMed and PsycInfo for the period from 1966 to August 2008. results Compulsive buying is a relatively unknown and poorly defined phenomenon, despite its high incidence and high comorbidity. It is characterised by chronic, repetetive behaviour; it occurs mainly among women and should be classified as an impulsive-control disorder nos. Current aetiological models lack explanatory power and, so far, the most successful treatment results seem to have been achieved with behavioural therapy.
Compulsive buying should be considered from a neuroscientific perspective. Future research needs to have a neuropsychiatric focus and a contextual psychological and behavioural analytical approach in which inhibition, self-control and rule-governed behaviour play a central role.
强迫性购物者会持续感到有购物的冲动，而不顾及自身经济状况。在过去30到40年里，对强迫性购物的关注有所增加。由于过度购物是临床实践中各种疾病经常出现的特征，人们不禁要问，它究竟应被视为时代的标志、精神疾病的症状还是一种独特的精神综合征。
深入了解强迫性购物的概念。
我们通过Medline、PubMed和PsycInfo检索了1966年至2008年8月期间的文献。结果强迫性购物是一种相对鲜为人知且定义不明确的现象，尽管其发病率高且共病率高。其特点是慢性、重复性的行为；主要发生在女性中，应归类为冲动控制障碍。目前的病因模型缺乏解释力，到目前为止，行为疗法似乎取得了最成功的治疗效果。
应从神经科学的角度考虑强迫性购物。未来的研究需要聚焦于神经精神病学，并采用情境心理和行为分析方法，其中抑制、自我控制和受规则支配的行为起着核心作用。
