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Hoarding Disorder

"Hoarding Disorder" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Disordered behavior associated with clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning and persistent difficulty parting with possessions due to a perceived need to save the items and distress associated with discarding them. (from DSM-V) The quantity of collected items sets the behavior apart from normal collecting behaviors.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hoarding Disorder" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hoarding Disorder" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 7 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2014
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