Lorrin Koran

Publication Details

• Citalopram treatment of compulsive shopping: an open-label study.

  Koran LM, Bullock KD, Hartston HJ, Elliott MA, D'Andrea V. J Clin Psychiatry. 2002; 63 (8): 704-8

  Compulsive shopping, a DSM-IV impulse-control disorder not otherwise specified, is characterized by preoccupation with shopping and inability to resist buying unneeded items, with resulting marked distress, social or occupational impairment, and financial and/or familial problems. Because an open-label trial suggested that fluovaxamine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), is effective for this disorder, we tested the effectiveness of the SSRI citalopram.

  PubMedID: 12197451