Symptoms of hoarding are found in many psychiatric conditions ranging from dementia, ADHD and through to the more recently recognised hoarding disorder. Despite being a common problem, hoarding is arguably one of the most highly stigmatised, unrecognised and trivialised conditions. Despite resulting in deaths and considerable morbidity, shame experienced by the individual as well as the harmful assertion it is a "life-style choice" mean that it is hugely under-diagnosed despite affecting 5% of the population. Indeed these problems are more often seen by the fire-service, housing associations and the animal rescue charities for animal hoarding.
In this session we will describe the conditions in which hoarding is found, as well as a full description of hoarding disorder and the overlap of this with Autism, OCPD, ADHD and other conditions.
Although research in this area has been scanty on the past, this is starting to change with exciting new developments in the areas of psychopharmacology, as well as psychological therapies.
This session will examine the concept of hoarding as well as look at new research and the treatment of hoarding problems. Individuals with lived experience of the condition will also be present.
Learning objectives
In this session you will
- Learn about hoarding as a symptom and how it overlaps with other psychiatric conditions as well as hoarding disorder
- Examine the recent advances in the understanding of the mechanisms underpinning hoarding and how these have been used to develop new treatments
- Learn about the state-of-the-art treatments for hoarding and hoarding disorder
Speakers
Chair: Professor Lynne Drummond, South West London and St George's NHS Mental Health Trust, London, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
Ms Megan Karnes, Founder/Chair HoardingUK, London
Dr Jemma Reid, Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust, Falmouth
Availability
This webinar is part of the Congress webinar 2025 package. If you attended all four days of Congress, you will have access to these as part of your Congress package. Otherwise the Congress webinar 2025 package can be purchased below.
