BACKGROUND: @entity3119 is increasingly recognized as a treatable @entity23 . We report the first long-term, naturalistic follow-up of @entity1 with @entity3119 , which examined the @entity221 over 1 year in a cohort that had completed up to 3 months of open-label treatment with @entity837 , 20 mg/day to 60 mg/day. In that trial, 17 (71%) of 24 subjects who met McElroy and colleagues' diagnostic criteria for @entity3119 were responders (Clinical Global Impressions-Improvement scale rating of much or very much improved and Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale-Shopping Version score decrease of >/= 50%). METHOD: Follow-up interviews occurred 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after study end. Data gathered included comorbid conditions, estimated total debt, 2-week spending, whether the @entity1 was taking @entity837 , and illness versus remission status. Remission was defined as no longer meeting diagnostic criteria for @entity3119 . Data were gathered between March 2000 and January 2002. RESULTS: Of responders at trial end, 81% (13/16), 71% (10/14), 71% (10/14), and 73% (11/15) were in remission at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. Mean 2-week compulsive shopping expenditures decreased from 773 US dollars (median = 500 US dollars) at baseline to 351 US dollars (median = 0 US dollars) at month 12, and mean total debt decreased from 17,833 US dollars (median = 20,000 US dollars) to 16,752 US dollars (median = 14,000 US dollars). No clear association was seen between taking @entity837 and remission status (p =.55, p =.08, p =.58, and p =.60 at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months, respectively; Fisher exact test). The majority of trial nonresponders remained ill at each follow-up point. CONCLUSION: An acute response to @entity837 predicts a greater likelihood of continued remission over 1 year, although the mechanisms that maintain remission require further investigation.

A 1-year naturalistic follow-up of @entity1 with XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity23 :: ('MESH:D007174', 'Disease') :: ['impulse-control disorder'] @entity837 :: ('MESH:D015283', 'Chemical') :: ['citalopram'] @entity3119 :: ('MESH:D009771', 'Disease') :: ['Compulsive shopping disorder', 'compulsive shopping disorder'] @entity221 :: ('MESH:D005334', 'Disease') :: ['course of illness']
@entity3119 :: (MESH:D009771,Disease) :: ['compulsive shopping disorder']
