Psychosocial impact of hoarding symptoms in college students and the potential for early intervention.

Hoarding disorder is a chronic and progressive psychiatric disorder that often begins in adolescence and early adulthood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of hoarding severity on college students' psychosocial functioning and possible methods of early intervention. Undergraduate students ( = 363) at a large public university in the United States.

Anxiety, depression, and rejection towards parents among individuals who grew up in a hoarded home.

Background: Limited research has investigated parent-child conflict and mental health among adult children of parents with hoarding problems.

Methods: Four hundred fourteen participants who reported clinically significant parental hoarding completed assessments of parental hoarding characteristics (clutter, insight, difficulty discarding), feelings of rejection towards their parent, depression, and generalized anxiety. These latter 3 variables were retrospectively rated across childhood (age 0 to 12), adolescence (age 13 to 20), young adulthood (age 21 to 29), and adulthood (age ≥30 years).