Book contents
- Practise Psychiatry
- Practise Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Part 1: Vignettes
- Case 1: Schizophrenia
- Case 2: Delusional Disorder
- Case 3: Major Depressive Disorder
- Case 4: Dysthymic Disorder and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Case 5: Grief
- Case 6: Bipolar Disorder
- Case 7: Generalised Anxiety Disorder
- Case 8: Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
- Case 9: Social Anxiety Disorder
- Case 10: Separation Anxiety and Selective Mutism
- Case 11: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder
- Case 12: Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Case 13: Trichotillomania and Excoriation Disorder
- Case 14: Hoarding Disorder
- Case 15: Anorexia Nervosa
- Case 16: Bulimia Nervosa
- Case 17: Pica and Rumination Disorder
- Case 18: Acute Stress Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Adjustment Disorder
- Case 19: Illness Anxiety Disorder and Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Case 20: Conversion Disorder and Factitious Disorder
- Case 21: Delirium and Neurocognitive Disorders
- Case 22: Mental Capacity Assessment
- Case 23: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Case 24: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Developmental Disorder
- Case 25: Alcohol Use Disorder
- Case 26: Cannabis Use Disorder
- Case 27: Stimulant Use Disorder
- Case 28: Opioid Use Disorder
- Case 29: Hallucinogen Use Disorder
- Case 30: Gambling Disorder
- Case 31: Borderline Personality Disorder
- Case 32: Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Case 33: Schizoid, Schizotypal and Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Case 34: Dependent Personality Disorder
- Case 35: Suicide Risk Assessment
- Case 36: Catatonia and Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Case 37: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Serotonin Syndrome
- Case 38: Insomnia Disorder
- Case 39: Narcolepsy Disorder
- Case 40: Breathing-Related Sleep Disorders
- Case 41: Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Arousal Disorder
- Case 42: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder
- Case 43: Dissociative Amnesia and Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Case 44: Voyeuristic, Exhibitionistic, Frotteuristic and Sexual Masochism and Sadism Disorders
- Case 45: Paedophilic Disorder
- Case 46: Transvestic and Fetishistic Disorders
- Case 47: Gender Dysphoria
- Case 48: Pyromania
- Case 49: Kleptomania
- Case 50: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Case 51: Old Age Psychiatry
- Case 52: Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
- Case 53: Hepatic Impairment
- Case 54: Renal Impairment
- Case 55: Forensic Psychiatry
- Part II: Topical MCQs
- Index
- References
Case 14: - Hoarding Disorder
from Part 1: - Vignettes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 September 2025
Book contents
- Practise Psychiatry
- Practise Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Part 1: Vignettes
- Case 1: Schizophrenia
- Case 2: Delusional Disorder
- Case 3: Major Depressive Disorder
- Case 4: Dysthymic Disorder and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Case 5: Grief
- Case 6: Bipolar Disorder
- Case 7: Generalised Anxiety Disorder
- Case 8: Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
- Case 9: Social Anxiety Disorder
- Case 10: Separation Anxiety and Selective Mutism
- Case 11: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder
- Case 12: Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Case 13: Trichotillomania and Excoriation Disorder
- Case 14: Hoarding Disorder
- Case 15: Anorexia Nervosa
- Case 16: Bulimia Nervosa
- Case 17: Pica and Rumination Disorder
- Case 18: Acute Stress Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Adjustment Disorder
- Case 19: Illness Anxiety Disorder and Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Case 20: Conversion Disorder and Factitious Disorder
- Case 21: Delirium and Neurocognitive Disorders
- Case 22: Mental Capacity Assessment
- Case 23: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Case 24: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Developmental Disorder
- Case 25: Alcohol Use Disorder
- Case 26: Cannabis Use Disorder
- Case 27: Stimulant Use Disorder
- Case 28: Opioid Use Disorder
- Case 29: Hallucinogen Use Disorder
- Case 30: Gambling Disorder
- Case 31: Borderline Personality Disorder
- Case 32: Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Case 33: Schizoid, Schizotypal and Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Case 34: Dependent Personality Disorder
- Case 35: Suicide Risk Assessment
- Case 36: Catatonia and Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Case 37: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Serotonin Syndrome
- Case 38: Insomnia Disorder
- Case 39: Narcolepsy Disorder
- Case 40: Breathing-Related Sleep Disorders
- Case 41: Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Arousal Disorder
- Case 42: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder
- Case 43: Dissociative Amnesia and Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Case 44: Voyeuristic, Exhibitionistic, Frotteuristic and Sexual Masochism and Sadism Disorders
- Case 45: Paedophilic Disorder
- Case 46: Transvestic and Fetishistic Disorders
- Case 47: Gender Dysphoria
- Case 48: Pyromania
- Case 49: Kleptomania
- Case 50: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Case 51: Old Age Psychiatry
- Case 52: Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
- Case 53: Hepatic Impairment
- Case 54: Renal Impairment
- Case 55: Forensic Psychiatry
- Part II: Topical MCQs
- Index
- References
Summary
Chapter 14 covers the topic of hoarding disorder. Through a case vignette with topical MCQs for consolidation of learning, readers are brought through the diagnosis and treatment of a patient with hoarding disorder. Topics covered include diagnosis, risk factors, etiology, pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of hoarding disorder.
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