Hoarding behaviour in Xhosa patients with schizophrenia - prevalence and clinical presentation

Objective:Hoarding is commonly defined as the acquisition ofand failure to discard possessions of little use or value, and isincluded as a symptom in the diagnostic criteria for obsessivecompulsive personality disorder (OCPD) and obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD). However, it has also beenobserved...

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Main Authors: T Ameer, D J H Niehaus, L Koen, C Seller, S Seedat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2007-12-01
Series:South African Journal of Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.sajp.org.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/36