Case Series
The descriptive characteristics of each case including psychiatric
comorbidities are outlined in Table 1. The medical history showed an
ischemic etiology and poor cardiac functioning in each case. For Case
1-3, excessive acquisition was rated as yes, no, yes, while insight was
rated as poor, fair and absent/delusional respectively. Alongside HD
(27-40 year history), all patients met criteria for major depressive
disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. No psychiatric history was
documented in medical records for any case. None of the patients
received psychotropic medication for management of HD or comorbid
psychiatric diagnoses.