Hoarders May Now Get the Help They Need

Paws Up!
To the American Psychiatric Association for classifying hoarding as an official mental disorder.

According to a news article, “In the revised, fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), ‘hoarding disorder’ becomes a separate diagnosis, characterized by a ‘persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value.’