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Comorbidity in Compulsive Hoarding: A Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Alicia Kaplan  and
Eric Hollander
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Abstract

A 56-year-old male presented with compulsive hoarding along with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and schizotypal personality disorder. Hoarding has been described as difficult to treat both pharmacologically and behaviorally, and this patient's comorbid conditions also contributed to his overall impairment. The patient's treatment regimen of fluvoxamine, amphetamine salts, and risperidone, along with behavioral therapy, has helped with hoarding behaviors, motivation, procrastination, and increased socialization. Hoarding may be a unique subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder with poorer prognosis and distinct neuroanatomic dysfunction. Augmentation with stimulants may provide benefits in aspects of hoarding such as procrastination, especially in patients with comorbid attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 2004 , pp. 71 - 73
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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