[Explanation] A woman in Wuhan piled up all kinds of rubbish in a house of more than 100 square meters because of her addiction to rubbish accumulation.
Community grid members will mobilize multi-party forces to provide help and education after investigating and learning the situation.
[Explanation] On January 18, Professor Ren Zhihong of the School of Psychology of Central China Normal University said in an interview with reporters that from a clinical point of view, this lady has the clinical characteristics of hoarding disorder and the tendency of hoarding disorder, but the specific medical diagnosis Strict and professional inspection and understanding are also required.
[Concurrent] Ren Zhihong, Professor, School of Psychology, Central China Normal University
These behaviors of her are beyond the normal range, so in a house of more than 100 square meters, all the piles are garbage, which affects normal work, normal life, and other people. We can say that she has In the classification of psychological diseases, there is a category called hoarding disorder. Then we can't say that she has a hoarding disorder, she has a tendency to hoarding disorder, or has the characteristics of hoarding disorder.
[Explanation] In addition to accumulating garbage, many young people are keen to collect blind boxes, hoard lipsticks, hoard skin care products and other behaviors.
In this regard, Ren Zhihong said that if it is just a daily preference and does not affect normal life and social functions, it is normal; and if it has reached obsession or uncontrollable accumulation, there is no way to even focus on normal life and work. , There may be a pathological development trend, which requires attention and vigilance.
[Concurrent] Ren Zhihong, Professor, School of Psychology, Central China Normal University
The first is the things she collects, whether he uses it or not, but he has no way to abandon any of his things, and then it has already caused a practical environmental impact on his own life; the second is that it may affect As far as he is concerned, it may also affect his social interaction with others, behaviors, etc. These two points may be the most important. Of course, other mental illnesses or some possible physical illnesses must be ruled out.
[Explanation] Ren Zhihong introduced that hoarding disorder-prone behavior in the "Diagnosis and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition)" is a kind of compulsive-related behavior, and its essence is a kind of "anxious" psychological disorder.
[Concurrent] Ren Zhihong, Professor, School of Psychology, Central China Normal University
In fact, what we should see is that this type of group is likely to be empty, and this part of the need to be paid attention to may not be met.
There is also a type of psychological trauma that he has, so the specific psychological trauma may still need to be explored through further psychological consultation.
[Explanation] At present, it is generally believed that hoarding disorders may affect 2% to 6% of the population. However, due to the lack of awareness of hoarding disorders, most patients with hoarding disorders do not seek medical attention in time, and the actual medical treatment rate is very low.
[Explanation] Ren Zhihong said that professional psychological treatment is needed only when it reaches the standard of clinical diagnosis, brings obvious pain to the individual, or causes obvious damage to the social life function.
And most of this kind of "addiction" is a behavioral tendency, and it only needs to strengthen attention, publicity, education, and appropriate psychological assistance.
[Concurrent] Ren Zhihong, Professor, School of Psychology, Central China Normal University
Promote more of this kind of mental health and related knowledge, so that the public can understand more about the emergence, form and performance of mental illness, and then maintain a more rational attitude towards these psychologically troubled people. Destigmatization allows the entire society to understand and tolerate different values and values.
Reporter Zou Hao reports from Wuhan, Hubei
Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]