Bibliomania

Bibliomania is a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder a person compulsively collects books The person does not look at which books they buy, but are basically are bought and accumulated. Often they will buy multiple copies of the same book . The books that they collected usually goes beyond the usual and useful purposes.

Symptoms of Bibliomania are: an obsessive collection of books; collecting an abnormal amount of books; an unecessarily large collection of books; a feeling of relief upon collecting books; reduced anxiety by collecting books. These individuals will often have extreme difficulty discussing anything that is not related to books. The subject will always return to books with the people with this disorder.

The treatments for Bibliomania are psychotherapy usually Behavior therapy, Cognitive therapy and medication.When this disorder is severe there are other treatments such as surgery, however most other treatments can be effective.

Causes of Bibliomania are not exactly clear. This problem is most likely to affect those with a family history of this type of behavior, so a family background with a history as well as genetics is believed to be among the factors that trigger this behavior. The causes of Bibliomania are commonly undiagnosed medical diseases The cause of Bibliomania may be undiagnosed medical diseases.

This condition may affect anyone, regardless of sex, age, or economic status. It is not clear how common this condition is, most individuals never seeking treatment.

The features of Bibliomania which is being researched is that it often starts in early adolescence and gets worse with age.

There is little research on this disorder and until more information is gathered the prognosis for Bibliomania is not truly known.