Hoarding Disorder Flashcards
For people with _____, the need to acquire is only part of the problem. The bigger problem is that they abhor parting with their objects, even when others cannot see any potential value in them.
hoarding disorder
People with hoarding disorder are extremely ____ to their possessions, and they are very resistant to efforts to get rid of them
attached
About one-third of people with hoarding disorder, much more often women than men, also engage in ____ hoarding – the accumulating number of animals often outstrips the person’s ability to provide adequate care, shelter, and food.
animal
With hoarding disorder the accrual of objects often ____ the persons home.
overwhelms
Many family members of those with hoarding disorder sever ____, unable to understand the attachment to the objects.
relationships
About three-quarters of people with hoarding disorder engage in excessive ____ and many are unable to work, making poverty all too common among people with this condition.
buying
Hoarding is more common among ____ than among women, very few men seek treatment.
men
Hoarding behaviour usually begins in ____ or early adolescence. These early symptoms may be kept under control by parents and by limited income, so severe impairment from the hoarding often does not surface until later in life. Animal hoarding often does ot emerge until middle age or older.
childhood
Depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and social phobia are common among people with ____. Occasionally, hoarding symptoms develop among people with schizophrenia or dementia. When symptoms are better explained by another disorder, hoarding disorder should not be diagnosed.
hoarding
DSM-5 Criteria for _____ Persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value. Perceived need to save items. Distress associated with discarding The symptoms result in the accumulation of a large number of possessions that clutter active living spaces to the extent that their intended use is compromised unless others intervene.
Hoarding Disorder
Current models suggest that this overlap might be due to ____ and ____ risk factors. For example, people with BDD and hoarding disorder often have a family history of OCD.
genetic and neurobiological
Etiology of Hoarding Disorder. Hoarders demonstrate an extreme emotional ____ to their possessions. They report feeling comforted by their objects, being frightened by the idea of losing an object, and seeing the objects as core to their sense of self and identity.
attachment
Animal hoarders often describe their animals as their closest ____. These beliefs about the importance of each and every object interfere with any attempts to tackle the clutter.
confidants
____ is considered one of the key factors that maintains the clutter.
Avoidance
Hoarding Disorder. Treatment for hoarding is based on the ERP therapy that is employed with OCD. The exposure element of treatment focuses on the most ____ situation for people with hoarding disorder - getting rid of their objects. Response prevention focuses on halting the rituals that they engage in to reduce their anxiety, such as counting or sorting their possessions.
feared
