On hoarding and squalor: A few considerations for DSM-5

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 417-424

  Snowdon, John ^a   Pertusa, Alberto ^b   Mataix Cols, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DSM-5; DSM-IV; HOARDING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OBSESSIVE HOARDING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE HOARDING;

EID: 84860754687     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.21943     Document Type: Review

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