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Hoarding behaviour: building up the ‘R factor’

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By John Vaughan, Romina Lopez Gaston, Farida Kiran-Imran, Fairooz Hassiem
| BJPsych Advances Verified
Abstract Hoarding seems to be a non-specific symptom, as it has been associated with a wide range of psychiatric disorders. Validating hoarding as pathological is controversial and its nosological status remains unresolved. ‘Diogenes syndrome’ has been paradigmatic in this area, but its clinical use seems limited. Hoarding is not explicitly covered in either DSM–IV or ICD–10 and literature suggests that diagnosis of mental illness may consequently be missed in this population.
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