Hoarding Disorder
Compulsive hoarding, also known as hoarding disorder, is a behavioral pattern characterized by excessive acquisition of and an inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of objects that cover the living areas of the home and cause significant distress or impairment.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W095
Diagnosis: Hoarding Disorder
US Patients: 2-5%
World Patients:
Sex Ratio:
Age Onset: Ages 11-15
Brain Area: anterior ventromedial prefrontal and cingulate cortices or anterior cingulate cortes and insula
Symptoms: excessive acquisition and inability to discard items covering living areas; may create injuries and adverse effects on others
Progression: frequently hoarded: books or animals; many hoarders do not recognize it as a problem
Causes: genetic and stressful life experiences; seeing human-like qualities in objects – and over-value them;
Medications: monoamine uptake inhibitors and antidepressants have shown some positive effects
Therapies: CBT-counseling which addresses motivations for collecting – and for retaining. Home visits help counselors adapt.
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- Development of a short and an ultra-brief version of the Saving Inventory-revised (SI-R) for assessing hoarding severity: The SI-R9 and the SI-R3by Soroush Sarvestani on January 15, 2025
Hoarding Disorder (HD) is marked by the inability to discard possessions, and often excessive acquiring, which results in cluttered living spaces that substantially disrupt daily life. While the Saving Inventory-Revised (SI-R) serves as a reliable and valid tool for assessing hoarding severity, its length may preclude routine use. We aimed to develop a valid shorter version of the scale using Item Response Theory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis in a non-selected sample of 2890 individuals and a...
- Decluttering Minds: Psychological interventions for hoarding disorder - A systematic review and meta-analysisby Emily O'Brien on January 5, 2025
CONCLUSION: This study confirms psychological therapies are effective in reducing hoarding symptoms, while indicating no superiority for CBT. Despite the benefits, symptoms often persist above the clinical cut-off for HD, highlighting the enduring clinical challenges in achieving symptomatic remission. The findings underscore the need to address methodological limitations and possible age and gender bias in future research to enhance the efficacy and inclusivity of psychological interventions...
- Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder increases cognitive inflexibility in people with coronary artery diseaseby Agne Stanyte on January 3, 2025
CONCLUSIONS: Preliminary evidence suggests that individuals with CAD and comorbid OCPD traits show greater inflexibility than those without OCPD. Several OCPD traits were associated with slower planning, even after controlling them for age and gender. This may have implications for the success of rehabilitation.
- Kieron O'Connor's scientific contribution to the characterization and treatment of Tourette's syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disordersby Marc Lavoie on December 10, 2024
Background Researcher and psychologist Kieron Philip O'Connor (1950-2019) pioneered the cognitive and behavioural approach at the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal (IUSMM). It was there that he began a career as a clinical researcher studying Tourette's syndrome (TS) and obsessive-compulsive and related disorder (OCD). At the time, apart from some behavioural approaches, little cognitive intervention was available to treat chronic tics and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Above...