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HOARDERS


Diagnosis and Treatment

Program Description

In their book Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things, the two speakers in this program detail how compulsive behaviors drive sufferers to pile objects throughout their homes. Randy Frost, Ph.D. and Gail Steketee, Ph.D. illustrate the phenomenon through several case studies, identify the key traits that identify a hoarder, detail the underlying causes and explaining how to minimize the effects of the emotionally exhausting disorder.

Learning Objectives

Understand the differences between hoarding, collecting, and OCD.

Identify the key traits that identify a hoarder.

Recognize the main facts that hamper treatment of hoarding.

Learn about the three components in hoarding.

Interviews

Hoarders: Diagnosis and Treatment, Part 1 - Gail Stekette, Ph.D.

In this interview with Dr. Gail Stekette we cover the diagnostic issues involved in working with hoarders.

Hoarders: Diagnosis and Treatment, Part 2 - Randy Frost, Ph.D.

In this interview, Frost outlines three problems that need to be understood regarding hoarders: first, the problem of excessive acquisition. Obviously, if someone keeps acquiring stuff, the stuff will accumulate. Next, there is the difficulty in discarding possessions, which takes in the hoarder’s beliefs about possessions. Last, there is the level of disorganization regarding the possessions – hoarders do not perceive space like non-hoarders.

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