1. Cognitive and Behavioral Treatment of Compulsive Hoarding
- Author
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Kamala A. I. Greene, Randy O. Frost, and Gail Steketee
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Psychotherapist ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Information processing ,Hoarding ,Psychological intervention ,Cognition ,Pathology and Forensic Medicine ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Distress ,medicine ,Anxiety ,Pshychiatric Mental Health ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,Applied Psychology ,Crisis intervention ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Compulsive hoarding appears to be a common variation of obsessive-compulsive disorder that is associated with elevated anxiety, depression, and disability, and that is commonly accompanied by a variety of comorbid conditions. In this article, we present a model for understanding this multifaceted problem, from which we derive specific treatment interventions that pertain to problems with information processing; excessive attachment with strong beliefs pertinent to saving possessions; avoidance of distress associated with discarding or making decisions about possessions; and excessive acquisition and difficulty discarding possessions. A case example illustrates these problems, methods of assessment, and interventions that proved successful during cognitive and behavioral treatment. [Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention 3:323‐337 (2003)]
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- 2003