Animal hoarding disorder: a systematic review
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2017.3.25325Keywords:
Animal Hoarding Disorder, Diagnostic criteria, Characteristics of animal hoarders.Abstract
The main objective of this systematic review was to identify studies that investigated Animal Hoarding Disorder. In addition, it aimed to verify the sociodemographic characteristics about individuals with this disorder, conditions of the environment and the animals, quantity and species of hoarded animals, the diagnostic criteria and the therapeutic interventions applied. Empirical or documental articles written in English, Spanish or Portuguese were analyzed, with no use of time restrictors. Among 75 articles found 9 were analyzed. It was observed that hoarders were females and approximately hoarded more than 30 animals. The environments were found under unhealthy conditions and cats and dogs were the most hoarded animals. This disorder produces great suffering for the individual, their families and also their animals. It is concluded that due to the lack of empirical studies on the subject, researches need to be made in order to fill this gap and, consequently, to construct intervention strategies.
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