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RECRUITINGINTERVENTIONAL

Motivational Interviewing to Enhance Behavioral Change in Older Adults with Hoarding Disorder

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About This Trial

This study will compare two behavioral interventions for hoarding disorder in older adults.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: - Aged 60+ - Live within a 60-minute driving radius of Starkville, MS - Have a primary psychiatric diagnosis of hoarding disorder Who Should NOT Join This Trial: - Major cognitive impairment - Active psychosis, drug use, or acute suicidal ideation - Concurrent psychotherapy focused on hoarding - Changed psychotropic medications within the past three months Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 60+ * Live within a 60-minute driving radius of Starkville, MS * Have a primary psychiatric diagnosis of hoarding disorder Exclusion Criteria: * Major cognitive impairment * Active psychosis, drug use, or acute suicidal ideation * Concurrent psychotherapy focused on hoarding * Changed psychotropic medications within the past three months

Treatments Being Tested

BEHAVIORAL

RECLAIM: Reducing Clutter and Increasing Meaning

Participants will receive 16 weekly 1-hour treatment sessions in their home delivered by Masters-level clinicians with the assistance of undergraduate researchers. Each treatment session will involve a combination of motivational interviewing (MI) and sorting practice. The rationale behind the sorting practice is to develop the skill of sorting and the formation of a daily sorting routine. The MI portion of the initial session will involve an evaluation of client strengths and individual biopsychosocial goals. The initial and subsequent sessions will include a variety of MI techniques, including decisional balancing, developing discrepancy, personalized feedback, and reinforcement of responsibility of sense of self-efficacy.

BEHAVIORAL

Sorting Practice

Participants will receive 16 weekly 1-hour treatment sessions in their home delivered by Masters-level clinicians with the assistance of undergraduate researchers. Clinicians will encourage participants to sort objects during each session while refraining from use of any specific cognitive or motivational therapeutic techniques. Participants will be asked to record the frequency and duration of any sorting/ discarding they did during the previous week.

Locations (1)

Mississippi State University
Starkville, Mississippi, United States