Subjective Cognitive Function in Hoarding Disorder

Hoarding disorder (HD) is a newly recognized diagnosis in DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), defined as a persistent inability to discard possessions, often accompanied by excessive acquiring, resulting in severe clutter in the home. The current cognitive-behavioral model of HD implicates deficits in decision making (Frost and Hartl, 1996). Behaviorally, patients with HD tend to be significantly tangential in session and can show limited insight into the severity of their symptoms (Drury et al., 2015; Mataix-Cols et al., 2013), suggesting potential cognitive deficits in this patient group.

Source: Psychiatry Research - May 4, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: David F. Tolin, Lauren S. Hallion, Bethany M. Wootton, Hannah C. Levy, Amber L. Billingsley, Akanksha Das, Benjamin W. Katz, Michael C. Stevens Source Type: research