Recognizing and Treating Hoarding Disorder: How Much Is Too Much?

by Carol A. Mathews

Everybody has heard the statements "she's a pack rat" or "he's a hoarder," but how many of us really know what that means? Pathological hoarding was first formally conceptualized as a syndrome separate from OCD in the early 1990s, yet it wasn't until 2013 that hoarding received formal psychiatric diagnostic criteria in the DSM.

How can a mental health professional who sees clients in an office determine if hoarding is a factor in a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393713571
• ISBN13: 9780393713572
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"