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ReviewOccupational therapy international2019

Can Occupational Therapy Address the Occupational Implications of Hoarding?

Cathy Clarke

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Review in Occupational therapy international, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Cathy ClarkeSchool of Allied Health Professions and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Studies, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3763-0850

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hoarding is often described as a medical disorder, defined by a persistent difficulty in discarding possessions and associated high levels of emotional distress when forced to part with these. This article will discuss how having a different view of hoarding, seeing hoarding as a daily occupation which provides value, purpose, and meaning and with a relationship to self-identity and life purpose, could offer alternate interventions to support an individual who hoards. The article will consider the components of hoarding activity and how these relate to health and wellbeing and doing, being, belonging, and becoming as understood by occupational therapists. The article will consider what occupational therapy, a profession which considers a person's daily occupations, the things that occupy their time and which give meaning to their existence, could offer as an alternative to current hoarding interventions. Proposals for occupational therapy interventions will be suggested which would support occupational choice, support engagement in activities which have more positive outcomes on a person's health, and seek to address barriers which limit engagement and occupational performance in activities within the person's home environment.

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Hoarding DisorderOccupational TherapyHumansOccupational TherapistsProfessional RoleStress, Psychological

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PMID30956628
PMCPMC6425346

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