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Compulsive Hoarding: Sign of a Deeper Disorder
Authors: Gayle Johnson Bohrer, RN, MSN & Linda Haynes, RN, PHD

1)  Which best describes the current diagnostic category for compulsive hoarding? 
   Compulsive hoarding is listed in the DSM-IV with defining characteristics
   Compulsive hoarding is a myth
   Compulsive hoarding is a distinct pattern of behaviors that may be associated with another psychiatric disorder
   Compulsive hoarding is a manifestation of a delusional and grandiose need to be recognized
   
2)  Compulsive hoarding is most often associated with which of the following diagnoses?
   Obsessive-compulsive disorder
   Borderline personality disorder
   Schizophrenia
   Bipolar disorder
   
3)  How can most items collected by compulsive hoarders be described? 
   Valuable collector’s items
   Family heirlooms
   Useless or of no value
   Extensively used as reference items
   
4)  When compulsive hoarding behavior is disrupted, how will a person probably react? 
   Be grateful
   Become delusional
   Become anxious
   Become depressed
   
5)  Why might a compulsive hoarder have difficulty with discarding items? 
   Compulsive hoarders have poor impulse control
   Compulsive hoarders have difficulty with decision-making
   Compulsive hoarders obsessively use items collected
   Compulsive hoarders have grandiose thoughts about how collected items can be used
   
6)  Brain imaging of compulsive hoarders suggests the disorder may have origins in which area of the brain?
   Cingulate gyrus
   Brain stem
   Frontal lobe
   Thalamus
   
7)  The compulsive hoarder tends to have difficulty with which function(s)? 
   Cognitive
   Emotional
   Psychomotor
   Cognitive and emotional
   
8)  How does the compulsive hoarder differ from the person who has OCD without compulsive hoarding? 
   People with OCD tend to exhibit a thought disorder
   People with OCD tend to collect only functional items with an intent to use the items
   People with OCD have insight into the irrationality of obsessive thoughts and compulsive actions
   People with OCD are more resistant to treatment
   
9)  Why is compulsive hoarding a health care concern? 
   Hoarding leads to substance abuse
   Hoarding is often associated with domestic violence
   Hoarding leads to safety concerns
   Hoarding is a progressive disorder that leads to more serious mental health diagnoses
   
10)  Which has been found to be most effective in treating a person with compulsive hoarding behaviors? 
   Electroconvulsive therapy
   Psychotropic medications
   Cognitive-behavioral therapy
   Psychotherapy
   
11)  Which describes how a nurse can best organize care of a person with compulsive hoarding behaviors?
   Recognizing that the person has difficulty with information, cognitive, and emotional processing
   Helping the person in a nonjudgmental manner to
   Exploring the need for the hoarded items
   Forcing the person to change his or her behavior
   
12)  What can be expected with treatment of a person with compulsive hoarding behaviors?
   Relapse of previous behavior
   Immediate response to treatment
   Self-referral
   Freedom from anxiety and impulse control problems

 Answers:

1)  Which best describes the current diagnostic category for compulsive hoarding? 
  Compulsive hoarding is a distinct pattern of behaviors that may be associated with another psychiatric disorder -  correct