HOARDING DISORDER

This study tested a personalized therapy program for Veterans with hoarding disorder, a condition where difficulty discarding items leads to dangerous clutter. The program combined cognitive training and exposure therapy, delivered through a mix of in-home visits and video calls …

This study tested whether a non-invasive brain stimulation technique could help people who have both hoarding disorder and depression. Researchers used a method called intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) to target specific brain areas. The goal was to see if this treatmen…

This small, early-stage study tested whether a prescription CBD medication (Epidiolex) could safely reduce symptoms in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related conditions like hair-pulling and hoarding. Four participants took the medication for two weeks while …

This Stanford University study tested whether adding hands-on, in-home decluttering practice to a proven group therapy workshop could better help people with hoarding disorder. The research involved 41 adults to see if this combined approach reduced symptoms like difficulty disca…

This study tested whether a virtual reality (VR) session could help people who find it emotionally difficult to discard personal possessions. Researchers compared a VR simulation of discarding an item to simply imagining the act. The goal was to see which method better reduced an…