The economic and social burden of compulsive hoarding

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-211

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

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic burden; Hoarding; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Saving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPULSIVE HOARDING; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OBESITY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WORK DISABILITY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC;

EID: 46849091613     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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