Symptoms
People with hoarding disorder have difficulty with this task.
Getting rid of personal items regardless of value
Which disorders did the researchers compare
Hoarding Disorder and OCD
This form of treatment is beneficial, but can't fully support the struggles of Hoarding Disorder
medications
What two community groups did researchers look at?
family and peers
Our professors name....
Professor Hope!
Symptoms begin during this time in life
Mid-childhood
What kind of sampling did the researchers use?
sample of convience
T or F: there is a therapy that directly addresses the link between childhood emotional neglect and the role material items play in the client’s present life.
False
The ELSQ (Early Life Stress Questionnaire) measures these two factors
- events a respondent has experienced
- what age each experience began
T/F question: hoarders are always aware of their problematic behaviors
False: not all people with hoarding disorder find that their behavior is problematic
Hoarding disorder is deemed relatively common because ___ to ___ % of adults have it
2 to 6%
This aspect of the methods section led to study limitations.
Sample size
Due to themes of emotional scarcity, the authors recommend treatments based on this practice.
Emotional regulation
People with HD reported significantly more ELS than _____ but not significantly more than ____
non-controls/"healthy" participants
OCD clinical control group
Hoarded items are sometimes seen as ___ into new relationships or connecting with peers
"tickets"
Stress of negative events were enhanced when this experience accompanied them.
Feeling alone, unsupported, or ostracized
What are 2 of the 5 data gathering practices they used?
- ELSQ
-Saving Inventory-Revised
-Clutter Image Rating
-Depression - anxiety stress scale
-semi-structured interview
Through CBT, hoarding symptoms improved by this percentage.
20 - 30% on average
Studies have varying definitions for these 2 life events
traumatic life events (ex: death) and stressful life events (ex: divorce)
This is the difference between collectors and hoarders
Hoarders lack systematic arrangement and care
Collections are well-organized and maintained
The accumulation of possessions must result in this happening to the living enviornment.
substantially compromise the intended use due to a difficulty with discarding the items
Saving Inventory-Reviced assesses these 3 factors on a scale of 1 to 4
clutter severity, difficulty discarding, and excessive acquisition
What method did the video recommend for organizing hoarded items while trying to minimize and why?
People with HD reported 6 specific events 15% more frequent than the other groups in this study. Name 3 of those 6.
- bullying or sustained rejection by classmates
-emotional abuse
-sustained conflict within family
- long separation from family member
-death of a family member
This is an overlooked outcome and subtype of Hoarding Disorder
Animal Neglect/animal hoarding effecting 250,000 animals each year