If no one wants to look at the links to Hoarding Disorder as a mental illness I provide above, I'll list the symptoms here.
The NIH adds the following from that link.
Quote:Diagnosing Hoarding Disorder
Specific symptoms for a hoarding diagnosis include (American Psychiatric Association, 2013):
The hoarding causes major distress or problems in social, work or other important areas of functions (including maintaining a safe environment for self and others).
- Persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value.
- This difficulty is due to a perceived need to save the items and to the distress associated with discarding them.
- The difficulty discarding possessions results in the accumulation of possessions that congest and clutter active living areas and substantially compromises their intended use. If living areas are uncluttered, it is only because of the interventions of third parties (e.g., family members, cleaners, or the authorities).”
An assessment for hoarding may include questions such as:
- Do you have trouble parting with possessions (such as discarding, recycling, selling or giving away)?
- Because of the clutter or number of possessions, how difficult is it to use the rooms and surfaces in your home?
- To what extent does your hoarding, saving, acquisition and clutter affect your daily functioning?
- How much do these symptoms interfere with school, work or your social or family life?
- How much distress do these symptoms cause you?
The NIH adds the following from that link.
Quote:Specify if:Specify if:
- With excessive acquisition: If difficulty discarding possessions is accompanied by excessive acquisition of items that are not needed or for which there is no available space. (Approximately 80 to 90 percent of individuals with hoarding disorder display this trait.)
- With good or fair insight: The individual recognizes that hoarding-related beliefs and behaviors (pertaining to difficulty discarding items, clutter, or excessive acquisition) are problematic.
- With poor insight: The individual is mostly convinced that hoarding-related beliefs and behaviors (pertaining to difficulty discarding items, clutter, or excessive acquisition) are not problematic despite evidence to the contrary.
- With absent insight/delusional beliefs: The individual is completely convinced that hoarding-related beliefs and behaviors (pertaining to difficulty discarding items, clutter, or excessive acquisition) are not problematic despite evidence to the contrary.
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