RT Journal
A1 Kuehn BM
T1 Trouble letting go: Hoarders
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD September 26
VO 308
IS 12
SP 1198
OP 1198
DO 10.1001/2012.jama.11449
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2012.jama.11449
AB 
Patients with hoarding disorder acquire excessive numbers of objects and have difficulty discarding them, leading to an accumulation of clutter that can create unsafe or unsanitary conditions. Some clinicians have considered the condition a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder. To test this idea, a multi-institution team of researchers compared brain activity during decision making about possessions in 43 adults with hoarding disorder, 31 with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and 33 healthy controls (Tolin DF et al. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2012;69[8]:832-841).