Some individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) hoard possessions, as do individuals with hoarding disorder. How can we distinguish hoarding characteristic of OCD from hoarding disorder?

a. People with hoarding disorder typically collect possessions without distress, whereas people with OCD may hoard but take no enjoyment from their collections
b. We can't - hoarding disorder is a subtype of OCD
c. When patients with OCD do hoard, they maintain highly organized collections
d. Hoarding disorder is distinguished by paranoid ideation

Answer: a.

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