Smith College, Department of Psychology, Northampton, Massachusetts 01063, USA.
Depress Anxiety. 2011 Oct 3;28(10):885-91. doi: 10.1002/da.20826. Epub 2011 May 23.
Recent research has highlighted the prevalence and harmful consequences of hoarding, and investigators have proposed inclusion of hoarding disorder in DSM-5. An unanswered question about the proposed disorder is whether people who hoard animals would meet diagnostic criteria for it. This article discusses the similarities and differences between object and animal hoarding. People who hoard animals appear to meet the basic diagnostic criteria for hoarding disorder. Their homes are cluttered, disorganized, and dysfunctional. They have great difficulty relinquishing animals to people who can more adequately care for them, and they form intense attachments (urges to save) that result in significant impairment. However, they differ from people who hoard objects in several ways. These differences are significant enough to warrant comment in the text description accompanying the diagnostic criteria and consideration as a subtype of hoarding disorder. More research is necessary to determine the exact relationship between object and animal hoarding.
最近的研究强调了囤积症的普遍性和有害后果，研究人员提议将囤积障碍纳入 DSM-5。关于拟议障碍的一个未解决的问题是，囤积动物的人是否符合该疾病的诊断标准。本文讨论了物品囤积和动物囤积之间的异同。囤积动物的人似乎符合囤积障碍的基本诊断标准。他们的家杂乱无章，功能失调。他们很难将动物交给更能妥善照顾它们的人，并且他们形成了强烈的依恋（拯救的冲动），这导致了严重的障碍。然而，他们与囤积物品的人在几个方面存在差异。这些差异足以在诊断标准的文字描述中引起注意，并作为囤积障碍的一个亚型进行考虑。需要进一步的研究来确定物品囤积和动物囤积之间的确切关系。
