hoarding disorder
noun
: a psychological disorder characterized by the persistent accumulation of a variety of items that are often considered useless or worthless by others and by the inability to discard such items without great distress
Note: The accumulation and clutter of items that occur in hoarding disorder lead to significant obstruction and congestion of living areas.
Many people with hoarding disorder benefit significantly from cognitive behavioral therapy, in which a therapist helps reduce clutter and prevent future hoarding.
Robert Ashley
Robert AshleyThe problem with detecting hoarding disorder is the extremely long time-frame in which it manifests. A person may have traits of the disorder early in life, but functional impairment may take a long time to show up. Anne Halliwell
Anne HalliwellBesides dementia, hoarding disorder is the only mental health disorder that increases in severity and prevalence with age … Emily Gurnon
Emily Gurnon
Word History
First Known Use
1999, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
hoarding disorder
noun
: a psychological disorder characterized by the persistent accumulation of a variety of items that are often considered useless or worthless by others and by the inability to discard such items without great distress regardless of their value
Note: The accumulation and clutter of items that occur in hoarding disorder lead to significant obstruction and congestion of living areas.
The problem with detecting hoarding disorder is the extremely long time-frame in which it manifests. A person may have traits of the disorder early in life, but functional impairment may take a long time to show up. Anne Halliwel
Anne HalliwelMany people with hoarding disorder benefit significantly from cognitive behavioral therapy, in which a therapist helps reduce clutter and prevent future hoarding. Robert Ashley
Robert AshleyBesides dementia, hoarding disorder is the only mental health disorder that increases in severity and prevalence with age … Emily Gurnon
Emily Gurnon