Compulsive hoarding is a debilitating disorder. Little is known of the substance use of hoarders, or the circumstances in which they die.
Professor Johan Duflou
Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney
Compulsive hoarding is a debilitating disorder. Little is known of the substance use of hoarders, or the circumstances in which they die.
To determine the circumstances and toxicology of cases of sudden or unnatural deaths of compulsive hoarders.
Case series. All cases of compulsive hoarders presenting to the Department of Forensic Medicine.
Data collection is complete.
Darke, S. & Duflou, J. (In press) Characteristics, circumstances and pathology of sudden or unnatural deaths of cases with evidence of pathological hoarding. Journal of Legal and Forensic Medicine.
Novel data on mortality of compulsive hoarders.