The case for compulsive shopping as an addiction

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-67

  Hartston, Heidi ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Buying; Hyperstimulating; Impulse control; Shopping

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; REWARD; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84862614333     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2012.660110     Document Type: Article

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