And then there is the new diagnosis on hoarding (as in book hoarding
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Not 'crazy cat ladies': Hoarding gets new diagnosis
Las Vegas Review-Journal
At least 15 truckloads of items were hauled from Kenneth Epstein's home on Oct. 5, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
By Diane Mapes
Reality TV has brought national attention to hoarding, and now a recent change in the influential psychiatric diagnosis guide may actually bring help for millions of Americans suffering from the isolating condition.
Hoarding – a psychological condition that can result in homes crammed floor to ceiling with papers, junk mail, books, clothing and other “valuables”-- has been associated with obsessive-compulsive behavior, although experts have long held that the two disorders aren’t necessarily connected.
In the revised, fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), "hoarding disorder" becomes a separate diagnosis, characterized by a "persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value."
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