1.BY: JESSICA RICEThesis: Hoarding is a serious mental issue that should beclassified as a disorder because of negative affects on family,living conditions and health.

2. Hoarding is the obsessive collection of items, alongwith the inability to get rid of them. Hoarding affects from 700,000 to 1.4 million people inthe United States. 3. There are many types of hoarding but two of the mostcommonly known are: Animal hoarding Older-Adulthood hoarding 4. Animal hoarding is when people own excessiveamounts of animals and are unable to provide propercare and living environments for them.PROBLEMS: Poor air quality Affects health of animals and humans 5. Older Adulthood hoarding occurs in older age groupsrather than younger, but often begins at adolescence.PROBLEMS: Age dangers Living conditions 0%10%20%30%40%50%Percentage of Hoarders Unableto Use Household ItemsPercentage ofHoardersUnable to UseHouseholdItems 6. Hoarding not only affects the everyday living of thehoarder, but their families as well.PROBLEMS: Embarrassment Limited family gatherings Bad habits for children 7. Living in a home filled with clutter makes dailylifestyle nearly impossible.PROBLEMS: Immobility Lack of sanitation Poor hygiene 8. Living in a lifestyle with poor hygiene and unsafe livingconditions can lead to many health related issues.PROBLEMS: Injury from falling/falling objects Fire/Emergency Air quality Zoonotic diseases 9. According to Mayo Clinic hoarding is not yet considered a distinctdisorder. Considered a symptom of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder.) As the presentation showed there is nothing common about hoardingitems, therefore it should be its own disorder rather than symptoms ofa disorder. 10. There is always help for someone who has a problemwith hoarding, many services are available nationwide.WAYS TO HELP: Clean up TherapyVisit:http://hoardingcleanup.com/home 11. PICTURES:http://www.everydayminimalist.com/?p=3641http://www.hoardercleaners.com/types-of-hoarding/http://blog.mysanantonio.com/caregivers-on-demand/2011/07/hoarding-can-put-the-elderly-in-harms-way/http://johnlarroquetteproject.com/2008/10/13/animal-hoarding/http://nottheitgirls.com/category/family/http://www.zimbio.com/Obsessive-compulsive+disorder/articles/8W13LzBaNLe/Today+Anderson+Hoarders+Fashionhttp://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/08/15757938-not-crazy-cat-ladies-hoarding-gets-new-diagnosis?litehttp://www.xstrash.com/hoarding_task_pros/hoarding.asphttp://brainposts.blogspot.com/2011/07/hoarders-mental-disorder-profiles.htmlRESEARCH:http://www.ocfoundation.org/hoarding/http://psychcentral.com/lib/2011/10-things-you-should-know-about-compulsive-hoarding/http://vet.tufts.edu/hoarding/http://www.animalhoarding.comhttp://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hoarding/DS00966http://hoardingcleanup.com/ohio