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Dirk Hanson

Articles and health studies about drugs, addiction and alcoholism, including the most recent scientific and medical findings.

Showing posts with label compulsive shopping. Show all posts

Showing posts with label compulsive shopping. Show all posts

Monday, February 16, 2015

Troubling Link Between Shoplifting and Suicide

Compulsive theft can lead to tragic results. In the fall of 2011, 71-year old Julia Grodinsky of London was convicted of shoplifting...

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Is Shoplifting the Opiate of the Masses?

Another look at "behavioral addictions" and the DSM-V. The DSM-V, when it debuts it 2012, is set to replace the category of “Su...

Saturday, June 25, 2011

That Pesky Gambling Question

The DSM-V is set to label problem gambling an addiction. Nobody has ever bet enough on the winning horse. — Unknown wise person I use...

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