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PSY 645
Outline for Psychiatric Diagnosis
The University of Arizona Global Campus
PSY 645 Psychopathology
Outline for Psychiatric Diagnosis
I. Introduction
, a. Thesis: Hoarding has emerged as a distinct form of psychopathology and diagnostic
criteria. This paper proposes a diagnosis from a case study from Case Studies in
Abnormal Psychology (Gorenstein et al., 2015).
II. Humans make meaning of their lives through objects and the psychological concept of
object possession can turn into a relationship progressing in intensity to become
excessive or pathological.
a. Supporting Evidence: Jenny had early onset of attentional problems and
diagnosed with ADHD. She also showed indecisiveness and started collecting
boxes and other objects for future creative use. In adulthood, collecting turned into
clutter that interrupted daily living, a source of distress for marriage and family
dynamics (Gorenstein et al., 2015).
b. Jenny’s behavior includes an inability to discard possessions, persistent acquiring,
and an escalation of collecting over time.
c. The significant distress and impairment in Jenny’s life have become
pathological. The behavioral tendency to collect can be interpreted from healthy/
normal to excessive/pathological.
III. Jenny’s symptoms include an inability to discard, excessive acquisition, high
sentimentality toward objects, disorganized collecting, persistent over
time, emotional distress, relationship impairments, and no shared interest with
others about the things collected.
a. Supporting Evidence: Hoarding has been conceptualized as part of OCD and need to be
made distinct from OCD, depression, PTSD, ADHD, or intellectual or developmental
disabilities. Jenny’s symptoms match the DSM-5's clinical criteria for a hoarding
disorder (2013).
b. A distinction of a potential disorder needs to be made from the symptoms and ruling out
other diagnoses.
c. An accurate and ethical diagnosis can inform the therapeutic process.
IV. Based on the presenting symptoms and reviewing the DSM-5 criteria for hoarding vs.
OCD, I propose Jenny meets the clinical criteria for HD.
a. Supporting Evidence: The working definition of hoarding the compulsive acquisition of
objects, avoiding discard, living spaces becoming restricted or unusable due to
accumulation of items, and significant distress or relational impairment (Holmes, 2015)
b. Based on the information presented in the case study, Jenny meets the diagnosis for HD.
c. By identifying the disorder, it opens the pathway for treatment options.
V. Jenny’s presenting symptoms align with the DSM-5 criteria for a HD in addition to a
creative desire and time orientation.
A. Supporting Evidence: A sense of unrealized potential for creative projects at a
future date using the objects collected and a sense of timelessness (Brien et al.,
2018) Jenny expressed a desire for art projects and starting an e-commerce
business to earn extra income. She has
been excessively acquiring things over time.
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