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Mental Disorders > Anxiety Disorders > Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder > Hoarding Disorder

Preferred term

Hoarding Disorder  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hoarding, Obsessive
  • Obsessive Hoarding

Note

  • differentiate from HOARDING

Scope note

  • Disordered behavior associated with clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning and persistent difficulty parting with possessions due to a perceived need to save the items and distress associated with discarding them. (from DSM-V) The quantity of collected items sets the behavior apart from normal collecting behaviors.

History note

  • 2016

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000067836

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