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Compulsive buying disorder (CBD) is one of the mental disorders which raised controversy concerning its classification. Different labels have been given for this disorder; depending on the cultural and social considerations. Therefore, the nature of compulsive buying have been viewed differently according to the different perspectives. Compulsive buying disorder occurs in the of the adolescence stage or the beginning of the twenties. This disorder is considered a psychological chronic disorder. It is synchronous with many disorders specially anxiety, mood disorders drugs abuse, and eating and personality disorders. This study aimed at finding out the relationship between the compulsive buying disorder and some other psychiatric disorders. The study sample consisted of 88 female students from King Saud University. Scale of Compulsive Buying (prepared by the researcher) and a checklist of symptoms shortcut (SCL 90), (prepared by Al-Moharib & Al-Nuaim, 1424) were used after verification of reliability and validity. The results indicated that there was a statistically significant relationship at the (0.01) level between the compulsive buying disorder and some other psychiatric disorders: general anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobic anxiety, somatization, psychotic, paranoia and hostility. (Published abstract)