Deficits in Physiological and Self-Conscious Emotional Response to Errors in Hoarding Disorder

Hoarding disorder (HD) is a highly impairing and distressing psychiatric disorder that poses a significant public health burden (Tolin et al. 2008). The prevalence of HD, estimated at 2-4% (Samuels et al. 2008), is higher than those of many other psychiatric disorders of adulthood (e.g., schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (McGrath et al. 2008) (Kessler et al. 2005), and increases with age, beginning around age 35, reaching>6% among adults over age 55 (Cath et al. 2017) (Samuels et al. 2008). It can be expected that the public health burden of this disorder will continue to grow due to increased global life expectancy(Collaborators 2016).

Source: Psychiatry Research - July 9, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jessica J. Zakrzewski, Samir Datta, Carole Scherling, Krystal Nizar, Ofilio Vigil, Howard Rosen, Carol A. Mathews Source Type: research