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Is Hoarding a Symptom or a Disorder?


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1 Hind College of Nursing, Mau, Atria, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Dasmesh College of Nursing, Faridkot, Punjab, India
     

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Hoarding is a condition that is caused by both biological and psychological factor usually begins slowly but build over time. In childhood items are collected for leisure or enrichment, in adulthood it is often for monetary reasons and in old age the collection of items may be reasons of sentimentality or security. An individual with extreme collection and acquisition behavior lead to distress, dysfunction and is undertaken secretly. The compulsive hoarding behavior is associated with health risk, impairment functioning economic burden and adverse effects on friends and family members. Education and increase social support play an important role in early identification of hoarding disorder.

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Hoarding, Biological, Acquisition, Dysfunction, Behavior.
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Authors

C. G. Devi
Hind College of Nursing, Mau, Atria, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Jasinder Pal Kaur
Dasmesh College of Nursing, Faridkot, Punjab, India
Seema Aggarwal
Dasmesh College of Nursing, Faridkot, Punjab, India

Abstract


Hoarding is a condition that is caused by both biological and psychological factor usually begins slowly but build over time. In childhood items are collected for leisure or enrichment, in adulthood it is often for monetary reasons and in old age the collection of items may be reasons of sentimentality or security. An individual with extreme collection and acquisition behavior lead to distress, dysfunction and is undertaken secretly. The compulsive hoarding behavior is associated with health risk, impairment functioning economic burden and adverse effects on friends and family members. Education and increase social support play an important role in early identification of hoarding disorder.

Keywords


Hoarding, Biological, Acquisition, Dysfunction, Behavior.

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