"Hoarding disorder" refers to a mental health condition where a person has a strong desire to keep and accumulate belongings, often to the point where it becomes excessive and affects their daily life.
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But a paralyzing inability to throw away unnecessary possessions can belie a potentially debilitating mental condition known
as hoarding disorder.
He established the interdisciplinary Hoarding of Animals Research Consortium (HARC) at Tufts, whose work was instrumental in the listing of animal hoarding under the criteria for the
new hoarding disorder in DSM - 5 (Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).
Compulsive hoarding disorder has gotten a lot of media attention in the past few years, featuring in reality shows like Hoarders on A&E, Hoarding: Buried Alive on TLC, and Confessions: Animal Hoarding on Animal Planet.
If parting with possessions is a serious problem, you can now be officially diagnosed with hoarding disorder
«Compulsive hoarding, also known
as hoarding disorder, is a pattern of behavior that is characterized by excessive acquisition 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.»
Her doctoral research examines psychological factors involved in obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) and
hoarding disorder.
Their behaviour could be the result of psychiatric conditions such as
hoarding disorder, obsessive - compulsive disorder, depression, neurocognitive disorder, and even psychosis.
Sufferers of
a hoarding disorder may impose severe neglect on animals by housing far more than they are able to adequately take care of.
Unfortunately, there's not a real estate salesperson on the planet who can help a person with
a hoarding disorder unless the hoarder wants help and is willing to get therapy.