Family burden of compulsive hoarding: Results of an internet survey

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 334-344

  Tolin, David F ^a,b   Frost, Randy O ^c   Steketee, Gail ^d   Fitch, Kristin E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Family attitudes; Hoarding; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Patient rejection; Saving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE HOARDING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 40149088734     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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