CNN Interviews Dean Steketee on Hoarding

Over the weekend, CNN reporter Dr. Sanjay Gupta talked with Dean Gail Steketee on the new category of mental illness that is hoarding. Hoarding will soon receive a diagnosis from the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). In her interview, Steketee includes how to recognize a hoarder from a collector and the proper way to help a hoarder. A video of the interview is posted on BU News.

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