Compulsive hoarding

Stacey Sabish CN 718.L1 Psychopathology Case Study 2 DSM 5 Diagnosis – Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 300.0 with good or fair insight Rationale: Phillip has been presenting with symptoms for years, possibly beginning in his childhood. Phillip meets all criteria for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Phillip has recurrent and persistent thoughts and urges that are experienced at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and unwanted, and cause marked anxiety. Phillip has thoughts of his…

The DSM-5 defines obsessive-compulsive disorder as experiencing recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that are intrusive and inappropriate, and that cause marked anxiety and distress. A person with OCD develops ritual-like behavior (compulsion) that reduces their anxiety around a repetitive thought (obsession). If people with OCD are prevented from engaging in this behavior, anxiety and panic rapidly build. While obsessions can drive people to repeat positive behaviors, like a…

Besides being a disorder in itself, hoarding is also characteristic in a number of other disorders. Studies indicate that the Diogenes syndrome—gross self-neglect, domestic squalor and hoarding trash--overlaps into symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), dementia, or psychosis, suggesting that hoarding is a common symptom in moderate to severe dementia patients (Steketee et al., 2001). There are many illnesses that are problematic and have the same symptoms of late life hoarders.…

an urge to or one is obsessed with doing the task could have obsessive-compulsive disorder. The definition of obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental disorder in which people have unwanted thoughts, feeling, ideas, obsessions, and behaviors that drives them to do something over and over again. Often the person carries out the behaviors to get rid of the obsessive thoughts. “A defining characteristic of obsessive-compulsive disorder is that the patient is fully aware that the thoughts and…

ntroduction Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a fairly common illness, but it can be debilitating. This paper discusses OCD, its symptoms and treatment, and the view of it held by society in general. Discussion In regard to the last point, one thing comes to mind immediately. The protagonist of the hugely successful TV show Monk suffers from OCD. In the series, his condition is played for laughs, and Mr. Monk is shown as being able to not only live a successful life but…

According to the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder foundation,(Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,2013).“OCD is a medical brain disorder that causes problems in information processing.” They compare OCD to a brain spasm; when your brain freezes on a certain thought and is unable to move forward. The brain is incapable of dealing with any thoughts of worry or doubt. This may cause many side effects that can clearly perceive a person as OCD. Obsessive compulsive disorder is a disease that is well known of,…

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder, also known as OCD, is a misunderstood mental illness that causes one to have extremely unwanted, reoccurring obsessions or compulsions. Obsessions are unsuppressed, reoccurring thoughts or images in one’s head and compulsions are repetitive actions that one tries to help relieve the discomfort with. Having these obsessions and compulsions bring about a lot of uneasiness, distress and panic. These obsessions and compulsions will cause…

where you started. Based on the most recent research findings, this book gives you innovative exercises and strategies to help you free yourself from your impulsive eating. Although its main focus is on any form of impulsive eating, including compulsive eating, overeating and emotional eating, the book could help with comorbid addiction behaviors including substance abuse, gambling, sex, etc. Make this book your journey to wellness. Think of it not so much as another self-help…

twenty-seventh, my classmate Mariah and I observed an Overeaters Anonymous (OA) meeting at Woodford’s Congregational Church in Portland. The contact person for this meeting is Susie, though the person leading that night’s meeting was Edie, a recovering compulsive overeater herself. This was an open meeting, held biweekly, and had an attendance of thirteen people, Mariah and myself included. The feelings I had leading up to this meeting were very mixed and fluctuated a lot during my hour drive…

Repetitive thoughts, desires, or impulses that are unwelcomed and provide anxiety or distress are consider an obsession. While repetitive unwanted behaviors are a compulsion. Together these two words are contributing factors that make up Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In action the thought is “my mother might die, if I do not flip the light switch ten times” whereas the behavior is the actually flipping of the light switch up and down ten times to push the bad thought away. These habits come…