Author Question: Some individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) hoard possessions, as do individuals with ... (Read 58 times)

saraeharris · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Some individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) hoard possessions, as do individuals with hoarding disorder. How can we distinguish hoarding characteristic of OCD from hoarding disorder?

a. People with hoarding disorder typically collect possessions without distress, whereas people with OCD may hoard but take no enjoyment from their collections
b. We can't - hoarding disorder is a subtype of OCD
c. When patients with OCD do hoard, they maintain highly organized collections
d. Hoarding disorder is distinguished by paranoid ideation

Question 2

If an instrument uses ambiguous stimuli to assess the patient's projection of his or her underlying attitudes and motivations, it is said to be ________.

a. A projective personality measure
b. A measure of gross intellectual functioning
c. A clinical interview
d. An observational technique