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Hoarding disorder (HD) or Plyushkin's disorder is a mental disorder [7] characterised by persistent difficulty in parting with possessions and engaging in excessive acquisition of items that are not needed or for which no space is available. This results in severely cluttered living spaces, distress, and impairment in personal, family, social ...
Diogenes syndrome is a disorder that involves hoarding of rubbish and severe self-neglect. In addition, the syndrome is characterized by domestic squalor, syllogomania, social alienation, and refusal of help. It has been shown that the syndrome is caused as a reaction to stress that was experienced by the patient. The time span in which the ...
Hoarding disorder begins at an average age of 13 years old. [14] The general consensus is that men and women are equally prone to hoarding. [ 15 ] Hoarding can run in families, and it may be possible genetics play a role in developing hoarding behaviors. [ 16 ]
Compulsive hoarding, also known as hoarding disorder, is a diagnosable mental disorder in the DSM-5 and is closely related to obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. [1] Collecting, hoarding and compulsive hoarding are considered to lie on a continuum of the same underlying behaviors, [1] and assessment of ...
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In 2013, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Version 5, published by the American Psychiatric Association, defined "hoarding disorder" as a new disease. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is considered a problem because of the damage it causes to nearby residents due to foul odors, rodents , and insects (especially pests), as well as its ...