Contingency Management for Hoarding Disorder

Launched by HARTFORD HOSPITAL · May 17, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

The primary aim of the current study is a preliminary investigation of the efficacy of contingency management (CM) in the treatment of hoarding disorder (HD). CM is a highly efficacious treatment that has been used to treat issues such as substance use disorders, medication/ medical regimen nonadherence, and schizophrenia. While the current best-practice treatment for HD (cognitive behavioral therapy; CBT) is efficacious in that it results in significant symptom reduction, many patients continue to have high levels of functional impairment and distressing symptoms after treatment completion...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosed with Primary Hoarding Disorder,
• • currently participating in the Hoarding Disorder treatment group at the HH Anxiety Disorders Center
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Not clinically appropriate for a group treatment format (i.e., active suicidality or aggressive behavior, psychosis, current physiological substance dependence, or personality issues that would be expected to substantially interfere with the group milieu; cognitively intact).
• • Participants will also be excluded if they have previously completed CBT for HD.
• • In addition, participants in the CM portion of the treatment will be required to live within one hour travel time of the treatment facility to allow for home visits with the independent rater.