Outline

Hoarding

Outline

I. Historical Understanding of Animal Hoarding

II. Contrasting Animal Hoarding vs. Object Hoarding

A. Age of Onset and Gender Predisposition

B. Comorbid Psychopathology

C.Role of Inanimate Objects vs. Animals

D. Acquisition and Accumulation

E. Role of Trauma and Triggering Events

F. Need for Control

G. Lack of Insight

III. Hoarding & Cluttering

What is Hoarding?

Symptoms of Hoarding?

Co-occurring mental illnesses

First signs in identifying hoarding

How does a forensic team member become involved?

IV. Developmental Factors to Consider

A. Attachment to Animals in Childhood

B. Disordered Attachment and Personality Disorder

C. Compulsive Caregiving and Self-Repair

V. Main Components

A. Acquisition:

i. Compulsive buying, or acquiring free things.

B. Saving

ii. Inability to discard anything.

C. Clutter:

i. The end result of acquisition and saving.

ii. It ...