Brien, C., O'Connor, J., & Russell-Carroll, D. (2018). 'Meaningless carrying-on': A psychoanalytically-oriented qualitative study of compulsive hoarding.
Hoarding Disorder 300.3 Those who have difficulty getting rid of possessions even if the value might be entirely useless, leading to an accumulation of belongings that may impair his/her social, occupational, and personal lives.
This article focuses on the endpoints instead of the origins. This article talks about how these problems can tend to stem from early childhood and those who had experienced difficulties with separation from the parents and independence. The hoarding of things basically is intended to replace the voids.
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Moulding, R., Nedeljkovic, M., Kyrios, M., Osborne, D., & Mogan, C. (2017). Short‐term cognitive–behavioural group treatment for hoarding disorder: A naturalistic treatment outcome study. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy,
Hoarding disorder (HD) is characterized by the acquisition of, and inability to discard, possessions to a degree that precludes the appropriate use of living spaces and that creates significant distress or impairment.
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Hoarding disorder is considered to be distinct, but very closely related to OCD.
Findings based on those who partook tended to be predominantly female and single, with the average age of 54. Those living in poverty may find it harder to gain access to therapeutic treatments or other treatments that can help. Especially if there are long term treatments that are needed.
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Participants completed post treatment measures and 2 tailed t-tests showed that hoarding decreased over time after participating in the treatments
Those who partook in the pretest and continues on past the post test showed reduced rates in hoarding and depression. This article does not talk much on treatments that do not work but instead discuss more on how certain treatments that do help can be costly therefore not everyone has …show more content…
A lot of individuals do not know how to seek for help because they do not know where to get help, 40 percent of the study admitted to this. Elderly people, people with higher educations, women, those with anxiety disorders, and those with family members who experiences mental health issues are less likely to seek treatment.
They sent out a surveys with the purpose of finding out who is looking for help and treatment out of the population. They would fill out the surveys based on the categories they fit into and this allows for referrals to professional organizers and other professional service providers.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapies are also discussed to be helpful and effective within this disorder. Women tend to be the main sufferers of the disorder, although men have it as well. Women are also more likely to be the ones who seek mental health information about the disorder. The study for this article consisted of nearly 4000 participants, 49 % percent of them were suffered from it themselves and 42 percent were family members.
5. Pushkarskaya, H., Tolin, D. F., Henick, D., Levy, I., & Pittenger, C. (2018). Unbending mind: Individuals with hoarding disorder do not modify decision strategy in response to feedback under risk. Psychiatry