Credit cards can affect your mental health

Just because drugs and alcohol cause more harm is no reason to ignore the lesser effects of credit cards – especially when some of the pathology is similar.

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Availability and acceptability

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Functional and deniable

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Solutions and freedom

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Solutions and freedom

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