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These connections between animal hoarding and obsessive–compulsive disorder suggest that OCD may be a useful model in explaining animal hoarding behavior. [44] However, this theory has also been refuted by some; Dr. Akimitsu Yokoyama theorizes that animal hoarding could be explained using Asperger syndrome. [45]
Diogenes syndrome, also known as senile squalor syndrome, is a disorder characterized by extreme self-neglect, domestic squalor, social withdrawal, apathy, compulsive hoarding of garbage or animals, and a lack of shame. Affected people may also display symptoms of catatonia. [1] [2]
Hoarding disorder; Other names: Compulsive hoarding: Compulsive hoarding in an apartment: Specialty: Psychiatry, clinical psychology: Symptoms: Excessive acquisition, Perceived need to save possessions, Persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value, Intense urge to keep items and distress when getting rid of them.
The Humane Society of Northeast Georgia and Hall County Animal Services recently rescued 52 dogs and cats from an "extreme hoarding and breeding operation" in Flowery Branch.
According to the Animal Humane Society, up to a quarter million animals — 250,000 per year — are victims of hoarding. The AHS also states that "Remember that hoarding is almost always linked ...
Hoarding or caching in animal behavior is the storage of food in locations hidden from the sight of both conspecifics (animals of the same or closely related species) and members of other species. [1] Most commonly, the function of hoarding or caching is to store food in times of surplus for times when food is less plentiful.
Legos for days; endless stuffed animals; ... to save mementos that their kids will appreciate in the future should ask themselves whether this behavior is driven by hoarding tendencies,” he adds ...
Hoarding (economics), the practice of obtaining and holding resources in quantities greater than needed for one's immediate use; Hoarding disorders Hoarding disorder, a pathological hoarding by humans Animal hoarding, the compulsive hoarding of animals by humans