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December 01, 2006 Vol. 23 No. 14 Compulsive Buying Disorder Affects 1 in 20 Adults, Causes Marked Distress Arline Kaplan Page 1 of 3 More than 1 in 20 adults nationwide suffer from compulsive buying, according to a telephone survey of 2500 adults. And contrary to popular opinion, "compulsive buying appears to be almost as common in men as in women," according to Lorrin M. Koran, MD, first author of a recently published prevalence study of compulsive buying behavior in the United States.1 Six percent of women and 5.5% of men in the study reported symptoms considered to be consistent with compulsive buying disorder. These findings are significant because, as documented in previous research, a considerable amount of suffering and impairment may be associated with compulsive shopping. In addition to serious financial problems, compulsive shoppers may suffer from marked distress, and "preliminary evidence suggests that compulsive buyers suffer from abnormally high levels of d...

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Provided by: Associated PressWritten by: Kevin Freking, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oct. 13, 2007 WASHINGTON - People who tend to the elderly, change diapers and serve up food and drinks have the highest rates of depression among U.S. workers. Overall, seven per cent of full-time workers battled depression in the past year, according to a government report available Saturday. Women were more likely than men to have had a major bout of depression, and younger workers had higher rates of depression than their older colleagues. Almost 11 per cent of personal care workers - which includes child care and helping the elderly and severely disabled with their daily needs - reported depression lasting two weeks or longer. During such episodes there is loss of interest and pleasure, and at least four other symptoms surface, including problems with sleep, eating, energy, concentration and self-image. Workers who prepare and serve food - cooks, bartenders, waiters and waitresses - had the second highest ...

Psychiatric Times Edward S. Friedman, MD Dr Friedman is associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He served as the Pittsburgh regional site director and as the national cognitive therapy director for the STAR*D study. He reports that he has received research support from AstraZeneca, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, and Medscape; he is on the Speakers' Bureau of Sanofi-Aventis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Wyeth, Novartis, Cyberonics, and Northstar Neuroscience; and he holds stock in Cephalon. The research for this article was supported in part by grants MH-71799, MH-58356, and MH-69618 from the National Institute of Mental Health. Although cognitive therapy (CT)1 is the best-studied form of psychotherapy, its effectivenes compared with antidepressant medication remains controversial. Over the years, there has been some variability in the results of randomized controlled trials and other types of clinical trials, as well as meta-analyses. A revi...