[Pathological hoarding by children and adolescents]

Autor: L, Aerts, E P C J, Janssen, N J J F, Janssen, L H, Boogaard, J M C, Fincken, L P A, Voogd, G Th J, van Well, J N M, Schieveld
Jazyk: Dutch; Flemish
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie. 54(4)
ISSN: 0303-7339
Popis: There is a dearth of knowledge and understanding concerning hoarding by children and adolescents. Psychiatrists need to know more about the phenomenon of hoarding since it can be a marker of psychopathology and it sometimes is symptomatic of a psychiatric disorder.To review hoarding from an epidemiological and psychopathological perspective and to discuss it in relation to the developmental aspect of the first object acquisition: the transitional object.We conducted a literature search in PubMed, Medline, PsycINFO and the Cochranedatabase using primarily the search term ‘hoarding', but also in combination with the terms: primates, child, adolescent, psych*, klepto*, transitional object, obsessive-compulsive disorder, collecting and attachment.Both animals and humans engage frequently in collecting and hoarding. Up to 60% of normally functioning children and adolescents are involved in collecting. A strong emotional attachment to possessions may be a response to an attachment problem. Hoarding combined with psychopathology is seen in persons of all ages but the prevalence rates for children and adults are unknown.Hoarding is a worrisome type of behaviour which must be regarded as an indication of serious comorbid psychopathology. It can occur either as a symptom of an existing disorder or as a separate disorder. Finally we recommend that hoarding be included in the diagnostic criteria of the dsm and icd.
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