Hoarding Disorder

The DSM-5

Source: Springfield-Greene County Library District

The Diagnostics and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders, commonly referred to as the "DSM", is one of our most popular health and medicine reference books. The book, published by the American Psychological Associ ...
Full article at: Springfield-Greene County Library District  More like this  May 7 2013, 3:55pm CDT

Is Psychiatry Dishonest?

Source: Slate

When I think of psychiatry, my first thoughts are unkind. I think of mildly sad people on antidepressants. I think of upper-middle-class parents putting their kids on Ritalin as soon as they flunk math, or misremember ...
Full article at: Slate  More like this  May 3 2013, 12:42pm CDT

Psychology

Source: EssayClub.com

Classification of Psychological Disorders The Medical Model * Proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease * Brings improvement to the treatment process * Patients are viewed with more sympathy * Less ostracized ...
Full article at: EssayClub.com  More like this  May 2 2013, 5:23pm CDT

The Scientific Reason You Won't Throw Your Stuff Away

Source: Popular Science

Emerging research on hoarding classifies it as its own distinctive disorder, separate from OCD. When my great-grandmother died in the mid-90s, we found a number of questionable collections in her house, inc ...
Full article at: Popular Science  More like this  Apr 30 2013, 1:16pm CDT



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