April 13, 2009

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Takes Many Forms

Brain Physics Mental Health Resource

Hoarding is considered a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This behavior, also called “pathological collecting,” involves acquiring and saving many objects that may seem useless or of no value. It is not uncommon for people with hoarding OCD to completely fill their homes with clutter so that the living space is unusable. Early psychoanalysts considered hoarding a sign of “anal” character traits because of the withholding nature of the behavior…”  More

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