An Interview with Gail Steketee, Ph.D. on Hoarding and OCD

In this edition of the Wise Counsel Podcast, Dr. Van Nuys interviews Gail Steketee, Ph.D., MSW on the topic of Hoarding and OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). Hoarding (filling a home with clutter to the point where clutter takes over the house) is a surprisingly common behavior, but it is only recently that serious research attention has been brought to bear upon it. Dr. Steketee describes some of the recent findings from the research, among them (surprisingly) that hoarding is probably not best considered a subtype of OCD. The interview touches upon diagnostic and measurement issues associated with studying this problem, as well as information on the cognitive behavioral therapy protocol which has been shown effective in treating hoarding.