Animal hoarding: Slipping into the darkness of comorbid animal and self-neglect

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-324

  Nathanson, Jane N ^a  

^a Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult protective services; Animal hoarding; Self neglect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77950763494     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: 15404129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08946560903004839     Document Type: Article

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