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Who Hoards?

INSIDE THE THE REALITY OF HOARDING IN THE US, THESE BEHAVIORS TYPICALLY COME TO THE SURFACE AROUND 700,0007THE AGE OF 13 TO 1.4 MILLION ARE AFFECTED BY COMPULSIVE HOARDING BEHAVIORS. IN 2013, THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION CLASSIFIED HOARDING AS A DISORDER POSSIBLE CAUSES OF HOARDING DISORDER BRAIN CHEMISTRY STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS GENETICS COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF HOARDING O IMPAIRMENTS SUCH AS DEPRESSION OR ANXIETY O DIFFICULTY PROCESSING INFORMATION O INTENSE EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO OBJECTS O BELIEFS ABOUT NOT WASTING OBJECTS OR ABOUT LOSING OBJECT-RELATED OPPORTUNITIES COMMONLY HOARDED ITEMS BOOKS NEWSPAPERS CLOTHING CONTAINERS JUNK MAIL CRAFT ITEMS 52% OF AMERICANS SAY THEY KNOW SOMEONE- A COWORKER, FRIEND, NEIGHBOR OR RELATIVE-WHO'S A HOARDER 9% 5% of American adults identify of American men identify of American women identify themselves as hoarders themselves as hoarders themselves as hoarders DESCRIBE HOARDERS AS 46% OF AMERICANS "PACKRATS" HOARDING AFFECTS ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE MENTAL HEALTH ONLY 4% of American adults correctly identify hoarding as a mental disorder UP TO 25% OF PEOPLE with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) are also compulsive hoarders 50% of compulsive hoarders suffer from depression 50 IS THE AVERAGE AGE of someone seeking treatment for compulsive hoarding PHYSICAL HEALTH 78% OF HOARDERS have been classified as overweight or obese 64% OF HOARDERS have reported at least one chronic or severe medical condition 52% OF HOARDERS are smokers 6% reported cases where hoarding was thought to have contributed directly to a hoarder's death in a house fire CAREER CONSEQUENCES 7 PINK SLIP AN AVERAGE OF 7 6% OF HOARDERS reported having been fired from jobs because of hoarding 38% OF HOARDERS reported personal income below the federal poverty level workdays per month are affected HOME, FAMILY AND PETS 250,000 animals are affected 8% TO 12% by hoarding each year in the U.S. of hoarders have been evicted or threatened with eviction UP TO 3% of hoarders have had a child or older relative forcibly removed from the home 40% of hoarders hoard things and animals 80% of animal hoarders have diseased, dying or dead animals at home PRESENTED BY Sources: psychiatry.org/hoarding-disorder hoarding.iocdf.org/hoarding/about.aspx hoarding.iocdf.org/hoarding/causes.aspx ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3018686/ blog.sparefoot.com/7925-sparefoot-survey-about-hoarding/ iocdf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Hoarding-Fact-Sheet.pdf nytimes.com/2013/05/28/health/understanding-hoarding.html?_r=0 psychcentral.com/lib/10-things-you-should-know-about-compulsive-hoarding/ mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hoarding-disorder/basics/causes/con-20031337 vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/08/15757938-not-crazy-cat-ladies-hoarding-gets-new-diagnosis?lite adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/ask-and-learn/ask-expert/what-animal-hoarding-it-hoarding-lots-objects-can-peopl ac.els-cdn.com/S0165032715000348/1-s2.0-S0165032715000348-main.pdf?_tid=9ca9fc70-273e-11e5-b6f8-00000aacb362&acdnat=1436558737_d7208fe02de2d9f3a93d57d2a8820e7d ac.els-cdn.com/S0165178114000353/1-s2.0-S0165178114000353-main.pdf?_tid=872cob8c-2742-11e5-85fc-00000aacb35f&acdnat=1436560419_74021e6bad4db4c6129012f90362ffa1 SpareFoot DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING

Who Hoards?

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Hoarding is more than just being messy, and hoarders aren't just lazy bums in need of a good scolding. Hoarding is a real illness.

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