Treatment involves becoming conscious of the addiction through studying, therapy and group work. Research done by Michel Lejoyeux and Aviv Weinstein suggests that the best possible treatment for CBD is through cognitive behavioral therapy. They suggest that a patient first be "evaluated for psychiatric comorbidity, especially with depression, so that appropriate pharmacological treatment can be instituted." Their research indicates that patients who received cognitive behavioral therapy over 10 weeks had reduced episodes of<unk><unk>  and spent less time shopping as opposed to patients who did not receive this treatment (251). Lejoyeux and Weinstein also write about pharmacological treatment and studies that question the use of drugs on CB. They declare "few controlled studies have assessed the effects of pharmacological treatment on<unk><unk> , and none have shown any medication to be effective." (252) The most effective treatment is to attend therapy and group work in order to prevent continuation of this addiction. Hague et al. reports that group therapy rendered the highest results as far as treatment of<unk>  is concerned. He states that group therapy contributed to about 72.8% in positive change in the reduction of urges of<unk>  spending. Additionally, he notes that psychotherapy may not be the treatment of choice for all<unk>  patients since the suitability of the treatment method to the patient is also an important consideration. He holds that the treatments of the disorder are required to provide a certain reflection of the context in which this phenomenon manifests. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as fluvoxamine and citalopram may be useful in the treatment of CBD, although current evidence is mixed. Opioid antagonists such as naltrexone and nalmefene are promising potential treatments for CBD. A review concluded that evidence is limited and insufficient to support their use at present, however. Naltrexone and nalmefene have also shown effectiveness in the treatment of gambling addiction, an associated disorder.
Compulsive buying disorder
Diabulimia
Night eating syndrome
Hypomimia
Machiavellianism
Bulimia nervosa
Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder
Graphomania