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Psychology Today
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2013 Media Coverage of Compulsive Buying

U.S. News Money (May 20th, 2013)
Why Shopping Can Be Good For Your Health
The Wall Street Journal (April 17th, 2013)
A Closet Filled With Regrets
Fox Business (April 8th, 2013)
More Men Chasing the ‘Rush’: Male Shopping Addiction Growing
Styleswept (April 5th, 2013)
Compulsive Buying Disorder
The Cut (April 4, 2013)
One in Five Shopaholics Is Like Buzz Bissinger
The New York Times (April 3rd, 2013)
A Gucci-Fueled Pursuit of A New Sense of Identity
CNN Opinion (April 2, 2013)
The dark side of shopping
The Daily Beast (March 28, 2013)
Buzz Bissinger Checks Into Rehab for Shopping Addiction—But Is It Real?
Financially Fit: Saving Smart & Living Well (March 28, 2013)
Signs You’re a Shopaholic
Huff Post Women (March 27th, 2013)
I’m Wearing my 71 Dresses in 71 Days to Stop My Shopping Addiction
MyAddiction.com: Online Addition & Recovery Resource (March 19, 2013)
Three Proven Strategies To Stop Overshopping
Spirituality Practice (March, 2013)
Spiritual Practices for Shopping
About.com (March 7th, 2013)
A Day in the Life of a Shopaholic
Mamiverse.com (February 28th, 2013)
Shop ‘Til You Drop? 10 Tips to Beat a Shopping Addiction
People’s Daily Online (February 27th, 2013)
Are You Addicted to Online Shopping?
Toronto Sun (February 11th, 2013)
Have a Valentines Day on a Budget Without Looking Cheap
FoxBusiness.com (February 8th, 2013)
Five Tough Questions to Help Tame Overspending
Income Therapy (February 6th, 2013)
How to Stop Compulsive Buying
U-T Sandiego (January 29th, 2013)
Steps For Keeping Compulsive Shopping In Check
Sharon O’Day (January 28th, 2013)
Compulsive Shopping: Is It, Or Isn’t It?
US News Money (January 25th, 2013)
Confessions of Former Shopaholics
U-T Sandiego (January 22nd, 2013)
Pleasure and Pain of Shopping
Kuzak’s Closet (January 18th, 2013)
Confessions of a Shopaholic

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2012 Media Coverage of Compulsive Buying

2011 Media Coverage of Compulsive Buying

2010 Media Coverage of Compulsive Buying

2009 Media Coverage of Compulsive Buying

2008 Media Coverage of Compulsive Buying

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