Hoarding Behaviour in Three Different Types of Dementia Cases

Bicer Kanat B., Altunoz U., Kirici S., Baştuğ G., Özel Kızıl E. T.

TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI, vol.27, no.2, pp.138-142, 2016 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.5080/u7992
  • Journal Name: TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.138-142
  • Keywords: Hoarding, dementia, elderly, FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION, MANSFIELD AGITATION INVENTORY, PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES, PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS, DIOGENES SYNDROME, DECISION-MAKING, TURKISH VERSION, IMPAIRMENT
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Hoarding behaviour, which is generally defined as collecting and keeping unnecessary, cheap objects or things that can not be used, is more common in elderly than young people. The prevelance of hoarding behaviour in dementia was reported as 22%. In this paper, three different types of dementia cases are presented in order to emphasize the clinical awareness for hoarding disorder, which is common in the elderly, especially those with dementia.