Turns out certain personality traits make you more likely to be a shopping addict, too. Do you have them? (Photo: Getty Images) Shopping addiction is a real problem, scientists say — and they’ve come ...

In videos that have been viewed millions of times, Lana opens up about when she realized she had a problem, how she handles shopping now when she needs to buy something, and what she's doing with the ...

Shopping can be pleasurable for many people, offering a temporary boost in mood and a sense of fulfillment. However, for some individuals, shopping can turn into an addiction, leading to significant ...

(MoneyWatch) Alcohol, crack and heroin are known to be highly addictive, but can something as innocuous as shopping be addictive? Having worked with more than one so-called "shopaholic" in my Orange ...

‘Tis the season of malls, sales and hunting for deals: a shopper’s dream. But when does shopping become a problem? A Baylor College of Medicine psychiatrist explains the habits of shopping addiction ...

NEW YORK (CBS 2)-- As many as 17 million Americans, most of them women, have been diagnosed with shopping addiction. Now, addiction experts say there's an alarming new trend: teenage shopaholics, ...

Shopping addictions are often taken lightly in everyday culture, but a team of scientists at the University of Bergen in Norway are taking them quite seriously, developing a unique method to measure ...

Addicted to shopping? A group of researchers has developed a new and unique method to measure shopping addiction: The Bergen Shopping Addiction Scale. Addicted to shopping? A group of researchers at ...

We’ve all gotten carried away adding too much stuff to our online shopping basket once in a while, or have chucked a few extra items in the trolley, telling ourselves we deserve a treat. But shopping, ...

At the height of her shopping addiction, Lisa, a 56-year-old registered nurse, had blown through her and her husband’s $10K of savings, taken out three clandestine loans and accrued $50K in ...

Melissa will do anything to feed her online-shopping addiction — even if that means subsisting off a diet of microwaveable soup. “I’ll eat only ramen in order to shop,” she says. The 34-year-old — who ...

Some 2 to 5 percent of Americans struggle with shopping addiction, a dark illness that can destroy families as it wreaks havoc on bank accounts. People who compulsively shop—dubbed "shopaholics"—often ...