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Assessing Burrowing, Nest Construction, and Hoarding in Mice

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Don Jefferys¹, Kathleen A Moore

¹School of Psychology, Deakin University, The Melbourne Clinic Consulting Suite, Richmond, Victoria.

Australian Family Physician

|April 10, 2008

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Compulsive hoarding, characterized by acquiring and difficulty discarding possessions, often co-occurs with other disorders beyond obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Treatment is challenging, with limited success noted for hoarding as an OCD symptom.

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Psychiatry
Clinical Psychology

Background:

Compulsive hoarding involves an inability to resist acquiring and discarding possessions.
This condition typically has an early onset, a chronic course, and significant comorbidity and morbidity.

Purpose of the Study:

To outline the features of compulsive hoarding as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
To discuss hoarding that co-occurs in disorders other than OCD.
To provide a screening test for compulsive hoarding.

Main Methods:

Literature review and clinical observation.
Presentation of diagnostic features.
Inclusion of a screening tool.

Main Results:

Compulsive hoarding is a distinct clinical feature.
Hoarding can manifest in various psychiatric disorders, not exclusively OCD.
A screening tool for compulsive hoarding is presented.

Conclusions:

Compulsive hoarding is observed in conditions beyond OCD.
Treatment studies are limited, primarily focusing on hoarding within OCD.
Pharmacological and cognitive behavioral therapies show moderate outcomes but the condition remains difficult to treat.