A case report is presented of A. B., a 24-year-old woman with a 6-year history of over-spending, which continued despite the considerable psycho-social damage to herself and her family. Features of this case are presented which demonstrate a type of 'psychological dependence' upon spending and which suggest that 'pathological spending' should be recognised as a previously undescribed syndrome.
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