Diagnosis and assessment of hoarding disorder

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages 219-242

  Frost, Randy O ^a   Steketee, Gail ^b   Tolin, David F ^c  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clutter; difficulty discarding; DSM 5; excessive acquisition

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OBSESSIVE HOARDING; REVIEW;

HUMANS; OBSESSIVE HOARDING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84861499412     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: 15485951     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032511-143116     Document Type: Review

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