Alberto Pertusa

Summary

Affiliation: King's College London
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Compulsive hoarding: OCD symptom, distinct clinical syndrome, or both?
    Alberto Pertusa
    Division of Psychological Medicine, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, PO 69, De Crespigny Park Rd, London SE58AF, United Kingdom
    Am J Psychiatry 165:1289-98. 2008
  2. ncbi Stressful life events and material deprivation in hoarding disorder
    Danielle Landau
    King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, England, United Kingdom
    J Anxiety Disord 25:192-202. 2011
  3. ncbi Hoarding disorder: a new diagnosis for DSM-V?
    David Mataix-Cols
    King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom
    Depress Anxiety 27:556-72. 2010
  4. ncbi Do patients with hoarding disorder have autistic traits?
    Alberto Pertusa
    Department of Psychosis Studies, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, England, UK
    Depress Anxiety 29:210-8. 2012
  5. ncbi When hoarding is a symptom of OCD: a case series and implications for DSM-V
    Alberto Pertusa
    Department of Psychosis Studies, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, England
    Behav Res Ther 48:1012-20. 2010
  6. ncbi Refining the diagnostic boundaries of compulsive hoarding: a critical review
    Alberto Pertusa
    Division of Psychological Medicine, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
    Clin Psychol Rev 30:371-86. 2010
  7. ncbi Spanish adaptation of the Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale
    Alberto Pertusa
    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Clinical and Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
    Compr Psychiatry 51:641-8. 2010
  8. ncbi Annual research review: hoarding disorder: potential benefits and pitfalls of a new mental disorder
    David Mataix-Cols
    Departments of Psychosis Studies and Psychology, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 53:608-18. 2012
  9. ncbi Neuropsychological and neural correlates of hoarding: a practice-friendly review
    David Mataix-Cols
    Department of Psychosis Studies, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, PO 69, De Crespigny Park Road, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
    J Clin Psychol 67:467-76. 2011
  10. ncbi Issues for DSM-V: how should obsessive-compulsive and related disorders be classified?
    David Mataix-Cols
    Am J Psychiatry 164:1313-4. 2007

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Compulsive hoarding: OCD symptom, distinct clinical syndrome, or both?
    Alberto Pertusa
    Division of Psychological Medicine, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, PO 69, De Crespigny Park Rd, London SE58AF, United Kingdom
    Am J Psychiatry 165:1289-98. 2008
    ..Compulsive hoarding is a debilitating problem that is often associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. However, the precise nosology of compulsive hoarding has yet to be determined...
  2. ncbi Stressful life events and material deprivation in hoarding disorder
    Danielle Landau
    King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, England, United Kingdom
    J Anxiety Disord 25:192-202. 2011
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  3. ncbi Hoarding disorder: a new diagnosis for DSM-V?
    David Mataix-Cols
    King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom
    Depress Anxiety 27:556-72. 2010
    ..The creation of a new diagnosis in DSM-V would likely increase public awareness, improve identification of cases, and stimulate both research and the development of specific treatments for hoarding disorder...
  4. ncbi Do patients with hoarding disorder have autistic traits?
    Alberto Pertusa
    Department of Psychosis Studies, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, England, UK
    Depress Anxiety 29:210-8. 2012
    ..In order to further refine the diagnostic boundaries of HD, we examined the presence of autistic traits and theory of mind deficits in individuals with HD and of hoarding behavior in patients with ASD...
  5. ncbi When hoarding is a symptom of OCD: a case series and implications for DSM-V
    Alberto Pertusa
    Department of Psychosis Studies, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, England
    Behav Res Ther 48:1012-20. 2010
    ..We estimate that this clinical presentation is relatively rare and accounts for a minority of severe hoarding cases. We discuss the unique characteristics of hoarding as a symptom of OCD and the implications for DSM-V...
  6. ncbi Refining the diagnostic boundaries of compulsive hoarding: a critical review
    Alberto Pertusa
    Division of Psychological Medicine, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
    Clin Psychol Rev 30:371-86. 2010
    ..Growing evidence from epidemiological, phenomenological, neurobiological, and treatment studies suggests that compulsive hoarding may be best classified as a discrete disorder with its own diagnostic criteria...
  7. ncbi Spanish adaptation of the Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale
    Alberto Pertusa
    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Clinical and Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
    Compr Psychiatry 51:641-8. 2010
    ..The goal of this study was to further explore the psychometric properties of the DY-BOCS in a Spanish sample...
  8. ncbi Annual research review: hoarding disorder: potential benefits and pitfalls of a new mental disorder
    David Mataix-Cols
    Departments of Psychosis Studies and Psychology, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 53:608-18. 2012
    ..Given the proposed inclusion of a new hoarding disorder (HD) in DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition), it is pertinent to discuss the potential benefits and pitfalls of such a development...
  9. ncbi Neuropsychological and neural correlates of hoarding: a practice-friendly review
    David Mataix-Cols
    Department of Psychosis Studies, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, PO 69, De Crespigny Park Road, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
    J Clin Psychol 67:467-76. 2011
    ..Although not possible to establish firm conclusions at this stage, we conclude with a series of observations and recommendations for clinical practice...
  10. ncbi Issues for DSM-V: how should obsessive-compulsive and related disorders be classified?
    David Mataix-Cols
    Am J Psychiatry 164:1313-4. 2007
  11. ncbi Clinical implications of insight assessment in obsessive-compulsive disorder
    Pino Alonso
    OCD Clinical and Research Unit, Psychiatry Department, Bellvitge Hospital, Feixa Llarga s n, L Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
    Compr Psychiatry 49:305-12. 2008
    ..001). Our results suggest that insight in OCD varies widely and constitutes a dynamic phenomenon that can improve after treatment and is influenced by clinical conditions such as affective status or personality...