Obsessive compulsive disorder case displaying hoarding behavior in school age
Miraç Barış Usta1, Armağan Aral2, Koray Karabekiroğlu2
1Samsun Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Çocuk Psikiyatri Polikliniği, Samsun, Türkiye
2Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Çocuk Psikiyatri Anabilim Dalı, Samsun, Türkiye
Keywords: Hoarding behavior; hoarding disorder; obsessive compulsive disorder
Abstract
Hoarding behavior presents with many psychiatric diagnoses, particularly with obsessive compulsive disorder. In this article, we report a nine-year-old girl patient, who hoarded dirty underwear, nails and dirty cotton swabs in her room.