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Hoarding disorder
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<p>Hoarding disorder (HD) or <a href="/facts/Plyushkin/Wpfu9XVz">Plyushkin</a>'s disorder is a <a href="/facts/Mental_disorder/EPNjFtFf">mental disorder</a> characterised by persistent difficulty in parting with possessions and engaging in excessive acquisition of items that are not needed or for which no space is available. This results in severely cluttered living spaces, distress, and impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. Excessive acquisition is characterized by repetitive urges or behaviours related to amassing or buying property. Difficulty discarding possessions is characterized by a perceived need to save items and distress associated with discarding them. Accumulation of possessions results in living spaces becoming cluttered to the point that their use or safety is compromised. It is recognised by the <a href="/facts/ICD-11/AAItcoCH">eleventh revision of the</a> <a href="/facts/International_Classification_of_Diseases/mxID6rJp">International Classification of Diseases</a> (ICD-11) and the <a href="/facts/DSM-5/kwhcSJcg">Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition</a> (DSM-5). </p><p>Prevalence rates are estimated at 2% to 5% in adults, though the condition typically manifests in childhood with symptoms worsening in advanced age, at which point collected items have grown excessive and family members who would otherwise help to maintain and control the levels of clutter have either died or moved away. </p><p>People with hoarding disorder commonly live with other complex and/or psychological disorders such as <a href="/facts/Depression_(mood)/GDNFWm1L">depression</a>, <a href="/facts/Anxiety/Geekl883">anxiety</a>, <a href="/facts/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder/bIhDh4dz">obsessive-compulsive disorder</a> (OCD), <a href="/facts/Autism_spectrum_disorder/bzouRyMI">autism spectrum disorder</a> (ASD), and/or <a href="/facts/Attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder/uSqjIyhd">attention deficit hyperactivity disorder</a> (ADHD). Other factors often associated with hoarding include alcohol dependence and paranoid, <a href="/facts/Schizotypal/SJed1v2E">schizotypal</a> and avoidant traits. </p>