Doromania

Doromania (from ancient Greek δῶρον <doron> = “gift”, and μανία <maníā> = “frenzy, anger, madness”) describes a pathological behavior of giving excessive gifts . It is unclear how this behavior should be classified in the current classification systems for mental illnesses, such as ICD and DSM . For example, giving randomly is described as a possible symptom of mania . Similar difficulties are encountered in assigning excessive buying behavior, known as oniomania , to a disorder.

The term doromania should not be confused with doxomania , an addiction to fame that has risen to the point of anger. As Paradoxomanie is called the nerd addiction, attract attention by uttering unusual opinions.

See also

• Monomania
• mania

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Doromania in DUDEN
2. ↑ Volker Arolt, Christian Reimer, Horst Dilling: Basic knowledge of psychiatry and psychotherapy . 7th edition. Springer, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-16578-8 , pp. 172 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
3. ^ Wilhelm Traugott Krug: Encyclopaedic Lexicon in relation to the latest literature and history of philosophy. First division. A - L . tape 5 . Brockhaus, Leipzig 1838, p. 305 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
4. ↑ Friedrich Erdmann Petri: Compact manual of foreign words in German written and colloquial language . 4th edition. Arnoldische Buchhandlung, Dresden 1823, p. 411 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

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