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2 days agoThe Hoarding Brain: Executive Dysfunction Without Dementia
Hoarding disorder is a psychiatric condition characterized by selective executive-function impairment, not a moral failing.
The garage in their Pontiac home was filled with food, much of it perishable. Animals got into it. Summer arrived. The toxic smell of rotted food was inescapable. Uhle hoped someone would intervene, but no one did. Had her parents lived elsewhere, perhaps the story would have ended differently. Gleason and colleagues (2021) address this dilemma directly in "Managing hoarding and squalor," noting that general practitioners often play a key role in recognizing and managing these situations before they become dangerous.