As many as 4 million Americans suffer from obsessive- compulsive disorder . Currently , OCD sits with anxiety disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , published by the American Psychiatric Association to help diagnose mental illness . There is some debate about whether it is an anxiety disorder or something else . Comment: Hoarding may be separate from OCD , and there is a new treatment for it .
As many as 4 million Americans suffer from obsessive- compulsive disorder . There is some debate about whether it is an anxiety disorder or something else . Comment: Hoarding may be separate from OCD , and there is a new treatment for it .