decided to create a new syndrome in the DSM-5, and the Hoarding disorder was born.
Genetical studies have shown that at least 50% of patients suffering from excessive hoarding had a relative with a dimension of hoarding. The Hoarding disorder was first part of the Obsessive and compulsive disorders, but it has progressively appeared that it could be individualized with its own prevalence of 2.3% to 14% lifetime. This last point is similar to the definition given in the DSM-5 for the Hoarding disorder which describes a persistent difficulty parting with possessions distress associated with discarding possessions and accumulations that congest and clutter active living areas.
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At the end, their homes are full of useless objects, and some living places can be unusable because they are cluttered and congested. This last criterion is very interesting because it is closely related to the Hoarding syndrome: indeed, patients with syllogamania, as also named, have a tendency to hoard every object they find. The diagnostic requires one major criterion, the inability to ask for medical or social help, and one of three minor criteria: a pathological relationship to the body, which leads to somatic illness a pathological relationship to the society, which leads to a progressive exclusion from it and finally, a pathological link with objects. Many aetiologies have been known to be associated with the Diogenes syndrome: schizophrenia, dementia - especially frontotemporal type, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and substance abuse - especially alcohol abuse.
Its frequency is around five for 100,000 persons. The Diogenes syndrome was first described in 1966 but was officially named for the ancient Greek philosopher in 1975 by Clark. This paper explores the similarities and differences between the two syndromes. In the French semeiology, the Diogenes syndrome is described, among other symptoms, by a pathological tendency to accumulate objects called syllogomania which is very close to hoarding. In this new version, new diagnoses were proposed including the Hoarding disorder. In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association published the DSM-5.
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