You can't have everything, where would you put it?
Hoarders
Imagine you wake to find that your house is on fire. Most people
can name the few possessions that are near and dear to their hearts that
they would grab immediately before exiting their burning home.
Imagine feeling that strongly about each and every single thing you
possess, and now imagine that your home is so full of possessions that
all that stuff actually prohibits you exiting in a safe and timely manner
during any emergency situation, including a fire.
Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome affects approximately 1.4 to 2
million people in the United States. It is hard to prepare the numbers of
hoarders for statistics because of the debilitating …show more content…
Just like the common cold, there is no cure for compulsive hoarding.
Although compulsive hoarding accompanies OCD in approxamately 25%
to 40% of individuals diagnosed “Traditional treatments for OCD have
not proven to be effective with compulsive hoarders” (Saxena).
Treatment includes “Intensive multimodal treatment found effective in
pilot studies following a course of up to one year” (Saxena). This
treatment focused on discarding, organizing, preventing incoming
clutter and introducing alternative behaviors. Compulsive hoarding is a dangerous, devastating disorder that is
not well understood, lacks a consistent definition, has incomplete
statistics and is difficult to treat.
Works Cited
Grisham, J.R., R. O. Frost, G. Steketee, H. Kim, & S. Hood. (2006). Age of Onset of Compulsive Hoarding. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 20, 675-686.
Saxena, Sanjaya and Karron M. Maidment. (2004). Treatment of Compulsive Hoarding. JCLP/In Session, 60,(11),
Hoarders
Imagine you wake to find that your house is on fire. Most people
can name the few possessions that are near and dear to their hearts that
they would grab immediately before exiting their burning home.
Imagine feeling that strongly about each and every single thing you
possess, and now imagine that your home is so full of possessions that
all that stuff actually prohibits you exiting in a safe and timely manner
during any emergency situation, including a fire.
Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome affects approximately 1.4 to 2
million people in the United States. It is hard to prepare the numbers of
hoarders for statistics because of the debilitating …show more content…
Just like the common cold, there is no cure for compulsive hoarding.
Although compulsive hoarding accompanies OCD in approxamately 25%
to 40% of individuals diagnosed “Traditional treatments for OCD have
not proven to be effective with compulsive hoarders” (Saxena).
Treatment includes “Intensive multimodal treatment found effective in
pilot studies following a course of up to one year” (Saxena). This
treatment focused on discarding, organizing, preventing incoming
clutter and introducing alternative behaviors. Compulsive hoarding is a dangerous, devastating disorder that is
not well understood, lacks a consistent definition, has incomplete
statistics and is difficult to treat.
Works Cited
Grisham, J.R., R. O. Frost, G. Steketee, H. Kim, & S. Hood. (2006). Age of Onset of Compulsive Hoarding. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 20, 675-686.
Saxena, Sanjaya and Karron M. Maidment. (2004). Treatment of Compulsive Hoarding. JCLP/In Session, 60,(11),