` DSM-5 Disorder: Hoarding Dawn Garrido Sarah Sigala Anabel Villanueva Sara Avratin University of La Verne What is Hoarding? Grisham and Barlow (2005) define hoarding as the excessive collection of items and the inability to discard them. As per DSM-5 (2013), hoarding falls under obsessive-compulsive and related disorders due to the recurrent and persistent urges, as well as its repetitive behaviors or mental acts. The act of hoarding can affect anyone, regardless of age, sex or economic status. However, according to development and course, there is a strong association in having a family member who is a compulsive hoarder and becoming a hoarder oneself. This problem usually emerges in early adolescence and tends to worsen with age (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Individuals have been known to develop hoarding after experiencing a stressful life event they had difficulty coping with, such as the death of a loved one or divorce. Additionally, individuals affected by hoarding behaviors usually have complications with information processing, problems forming emotional attachments, behavioral avoidance, and flawed beliefs about the nature of possessions (Muroff, Bratiotis & Steketee, 2010). Furthermore, people who hoard are typically socially withdrawn and isolated while, ironically, others turn to the comfort of hoarding out of loneliness. The DSM-5 (2013) lists six diagnostic criteria for hoarding. The first three are the following: hoarders have difficulty discarding items regardless of their actual value, need to save the items, and have a cluttered active living. Fourthly, items cluttering their space cause distress and impairment in social and occupational areas. Fifth, hoarding is not attributed ... ... middle of paper ... ...gent test of GCBT’s efficacy than a waitlist control (Muroff et al., 2012). BIB participants were allotted a self-help booklet describing specific skills to decrease hoarding over a 20-week period. All participants were evaluated by self-report at the beginning, middle, and conclusion of treatment (Muroff et al., 2012). The trial consisted of mostly highly educated white women averaging 57 years of age, employed, and living alone. All patients received 20 weekly group sessions and 4 home visits by a group co-therapist. The results showed that participants who only had GCBT and GCBT with home assistants displayed significant reductions in hoarding and depression symptoms, whereas BIB participants showed very limited improvement. Ultimately, both trials support the effectiveness of individual and group cognitive behavioral treatment for hoarding (Muroff et al., 2012).
Do you tend to keep old things in order to preserve memories from the past? Do you know that it can be classified as a kind of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, a mental illness? The award-winning Canadian author Carrie Mac sets her story in this hardly touched field in her novel The Opposite of Tidy. Junie, an ordinary 16 year old girl in high school, appears to be no different from others. However, nobody knows how difficult her life has been: Junie’s mom is a compulsive hoarder, and her hoarding drives her husband away. Junie, in attempt to hide her embarrassing family from Wade, her new boyfriend, tells lies one after another. That’s why Junie panics when the TV show Kendra arrives at her house, because all her secrets, lies, and her mother’s hoarding are about to be exposed to the whole world. What will happen to Junie? Will Wade leave her? Most importantly, “how do you come clean when your life is a mess?” Carrie Mac employs a well-chosen title, conversational style of writing, and thought-provoking themes in The Opposite of Tidy to reflect people’s desires and struggles to gain control of their life.
Both 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale are dystopian novels, however, these books are a lot more complex than mere portrayals of dystopia, it can be argued that they are explorations of dystopia rather than mere portrayals. In order to explore dystopia, many themes must be considered, such as; feminism, love and repression. Nonetheless, it is apparent that human characteristics are the driving point of the two novels, predominantly, the depiction of human resilience. In an imperfect world, it is important to have certain qualities which, if plentiful, it can mean success, whereas if it lacks, it can mean failure, this characteristic is resilience. The protagonists in each novel, Winston in 1984 and Offred in The Handmaid’s Tale face situations which leave them both in disarray, and both even consider suicide. The authors tentatively highlight human resilience, its limits and most importantly its strengths into the two novels.
“‘They score! Henderson has scored for Canada!’” Foster Hewitt wordlessly described” (Pelletier) when Paul Henderson scored the series-winning goal. This allowed Canada to win the 1972 Summit Series, a moment that no one would ever forget since it all happened during the climax of the Cold War. Prior to this, the Soviets had won the previous three Olympic gold metals since Canada could not use its NHL players. Thus, this provided Canada with the chance to play hockey against the USSR using its best players. This raised the question: if Canada were able to send its best players, would it still be enough to beat the Soviets? Everyone in Canada was certain that the Soviets would not win a single game, but little did they know they underestimated the extent of the Soviets abilities. Tied in the last few minutes of game eight, Canada had to score or they would lose the series. However, when Paul Henderson scored the game-winning goal, never before had a single sporting event meant so much to Canadians. Therefore, Paul Henderson’s goal is a defining moment for Canada in the twentieth century becauseit provided Canada with the opportunity to evolve hockey, proved that Canada and our democratic society were superior to the USSR and their communist society, and brought citizens together to unify Canada as a nation.
The oxford dictionary defines hoarding as “someone who tends to hoard, gather or accumulate things”. Many people living in England today are not fully aware that some types of excessive hoarding can be categorised as a mental health disorder.
Hoarding is an addiction that is both socially debilitating and alarmingly enigmatic. While compulsive hoarding is classified as it’s own respective disorder, it is also a rather extreme form of addiction. Often kept under wraps and undiagnosed, attention is seldom brought to the secret lives of hoarders.
It is necessary to learn the signs and behaviors of animal hoarding. Animal hoarding is when an individual has a large number of animals that he or she may not be able to take care of. The life that these animals are living can cause serious illness and even death. The
Hoarding illustrates the lasting scars and instincts he developed during the time when he was poor and had no
Animal hoarding is an issue in every division of society around the world (Donaghey 2011). Whether rich or poor, there may still be an animal hoarder living right next door (Donaghey 2011). In some situations there may be obvious signs that a person is a hoarder; however, others live seemingly regular lives to the public eye and the problem is growing. Animal hoarding is a growing problem because of the lack of understanding of the issue and lack of action.
Owning too many things in your life can not only drain and frustrate you, it can make it difficult to get things done. You find yourself collecting things for a couple of reasons, maybe you think you’ll need to use them later, you spent good money on them, or they have sentimental value so you feel you need to keep these items. The majority of people haven’t touched or used these things in weeks, months, or even years. Excessive things or clutter in your surroundings can have a negative impact on your ability to focus and process information. Once you've accumulated a certain amount of stuff, it starts to own you rather than the other way around. People often associate happiness with how many cars you have and how big your house is, but these
Utilizing a person centered approach focusing on Mr. Stone and not the environment, the social worker will work with Mr. Stone to determine the cause of his hoarding behavior. The social worker will establish trust with Mr. Stone by acknowledging his attachments to his items and not removing them unless permission is granted. Trust with Mr. Stone will also be established by reflecting professional openness and honestly as it relates to the severity of the hoarding condition; the social worker will not minimize possible consequences to his situations which may include the social worker seeking out other professionals who are legally obligated to provide intervention. The social worker will work with Mr. Stone to develop an initial short term objective that can easily be achieved within a minimal
Compulsive hoarding has been universally defined by researchers as a chronic behavioral syndrome that is categorized by three unique qualities: the extreme retention and failure to dispose of an abundant quantity of useless objects, living environments so condensed with clutter that it compromises day-to-day living for its occupants, and finally a significant provocation of anxiety or distress caused by the hoarding (Franks et al. 79). Although the definition of compulsive hoarding is universally accepted, the cau...
undiagnosed. Patients obsessively wash, check something or hoard things to relieve themselves of an overwhelming anxiety, and are fully aware their behavior is abnormal. This research studies a 23-year-old married woman who sought treatment for a severe washing and cleaning problem and how the patient was treated. I will discuss how the patient was diagnosed, and treated with a form of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy or CBT (exposure and response treatment) and what medications can be used for treatment.
Overall, self-storage facilities could be categorized as the number one identical symbolization of the American society. Its representation is more than a cultural mythology, which allows an individual to save valuable items and provide them with a piece of hope in difficult moments of their lives. As the years continue to pass, storage room will always be a cultural aspect that defines and shapes American’s identity. As a society, each individual must learn how to take advantage of all storage room and not misuse them by over accumulating unnecessary items that perhaps, could affect them
When most people hear about hoarders, they think they are outcasts, ones who are obsessive with collecting items as a hobby. In reality, they are unable to see what their hoarding problem does to them, almost as it is an unstoppable addiction. To understand why people hoard, knowing what exactly hoarding is the foundation to treating the problem. Hoarding, as the ADAA defines it as is the persistent difficulty to discard certain or all processions, even if their value is dwindling. (ADAA). Hoarders constantly find difficulty in any decision making, most notably the inability to discard items. There are multiple reasons why an item would be difficult to discard for hoarders, including future value, uniqueness, and personal value, most commonly. This inability sets them apart in society, and classifies them as a sufferer of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD, for short). Hoarding is not a disorder by itself, but is classified as a branch, or type of OCD due to a hoarder’s persistent thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions) in relation to his or her processions (TLC, 2014). But Hoarding could be broken down in two different secondary branches as well,
The definition of procrastination is: the action of delaying or postponing something. Tim Urban, who conducts a speech called Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator for TED in 2016, explains that every human is a procrastinator- some more than others. I agree with everything he says in his speech because I can connect with every piece of evidence he claims, mostly including that there is a “Panic Monster” that pops up in your brain when you are close to a deadline and haven’t gotten anything done, especially when it comes from why I’m always so stressed out about school. There are two different kinds of procrastination: deadline and non-deadline. (Urban, 2016) Everyone that I have ever met is a procrastinator