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Treatment of compulsive hoarding
Author(s) -
Saxena Sanjaya,
Maidment Karron M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20079
Subject(s) - hoarding (animal behavior) , hoarding disorder , psychology , compulsive behavior , behavioral therapy , psychotherapist , cognitive behavioral therapy , obsessive compulsive , cognition , clinical psychology , cognitive therapy , presentation (obstetrics) , psychiatry , medicine , feeding behavior , radiology
Compulsive hoarding and saving symptoms, found in many patients who have obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD), are part of a clinical syndrome that has been associated with poor response to antiobsessional medications and cognitive‐behavioral therapy (CBT). Specific CBT strategies targeting the characteristic features of the compulsive hoarding syndrome have had better results. This article provides an overview of the compulsive hoarding syndrome, a review of treatment approaches and their efficacy, a case presentation, and a detailed discussion of intensive, multimodal CBT for compulsive hoarding. New insights into the neurobiological characteristics of compulsive hoarding that might direct future treatment development are also presented. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol/In Session.