Hoarding Disorders: A Case Study

1. Kress, V. E., Stargell, N. A., Zoldan, C. A., & Paylo, M. J. (2016). Hoarding Disorder: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment. Journal Of Counseling & Development, 94(1), 83-90.

(a) Characteristics include the urge to acquire items and save these objects. Individuals have a difficult time discarding these items despite their value. These objects can be inanimate or animate objects such as newspapers or animals. These symptoms can lead to significant distress or impairment. The DSM-% states that the Hoarding disorder symptoms must not be attributed to any medical condition or other mental disorders. Collecting and buying of items excessively.

(b) Not included in this article.

(c) As per usual, HD was once recognized as a symptom of Obsessive-Compulsive

Participants need to be sought out in order to avoid those who do not actually have the disorder. Conclusion is well put together and geralizes the treatments and information that is needed to know.

2. Sumner, J. M., Noack, C. G., Filoteo, J. V., Maddox, W. T., & Saxena, S. (2016). Neurocognitive performance in unmedicated patients with hoarding disorder.

a) Hoarding disorder 300.3 Defined as the inability to part with items that do not seem to have any value. To be diagnosed with Hoarding disorder, there needs to be a significant level of distress, or there needs to be a risk to one's self or other due to the accumulation of material.

b) They consider how the mind, body, and material items all play a role with each other and create certain compulsory actions. It is believed that Hoarding is a way to hold onto things, a defense mechanism against parting with unprocessed loss. That turning over to objects instead of other people makes it easier to cope with the insecurities of themselves and their relationships with people.

c) Obsessive compulsive disorder is commonly associated with the Hoarding disorder. The hoarding disorder is a sub

f) Since the participants had difficulties with independence and separation they were said to always be in “flight to things” mode helping them push these issues away and not understand the true circumstances they are in.

g) A qualitative research design was used, using a psychoanalytically informed approach. 5 subjects were chosen to participate in four 60 minute interviews in a period of 6 weeks. Free association was used. Non-verbal responses were recorded between the participant and the supervisee and kept in a reflective journal to help understand how the participant was reacting to their illness. By covering it up, carrying on with verbal nonsense and in two minds, a way of describing the eagerness of the participants and the weariness of them.

h) Clearing out is a process of removing the clutter forms one's life, can sometimes help the individual allow the therapist in to replace the void being