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Hoarding pet animals in obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Andre L Campos-Lima
  • , Albina Rodrigues Torres
  • , Murat Yucel
  • , Ben J Harrison
  • , Jorge Moll
  • , Gabriela M Ferreira
  • , Leonardo F Fontenelle

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Abstract

Background Although severe hoarding symptoms have been considered rare among obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) samples, the prevalence of animal hoarding in OCD is unknown. To help clarifying this issue, we searched for cases of animal hoarding among patients attending a university OCD clinic (n=420). Methods Chart review. Results Only two patients from our sample exhibited animal hoarding (
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8-13
Number of pages6
JournalActa Neuropsychiatrica
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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