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Clinical Case Studies in Long-Term Care Psychiatry Hoarding Disorder
from Section 4 - Anxiety and Related Disorders
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 October 2024
Hoarding disorder is now considered one of the obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. It is thought to affect about 6% of those over the age of 70. Symptoms of hoarding disorder are thought to begin in young adulthood and increase in severity with age. Sufferers are likely to be diagnosed late in the course of their disease due to prominent lack of insight, shame, and social stigma. Complications of hoarding disorder include food contamination, malnutrition, medication mismanagement, falls, and eviction from the home. The best treatment outcomes have been shown with cognitive rehabilitation and exposure/sorting therapy. This treatment can be limited by availability of appropriately trained professionals and lack of insight by patients.
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