Evidence for treating severe squalor remains limited. For hoarding disorder, the evidence is stronger. Cognitive behavioral therapy tailored for hoarding has shown the best results.

NORTHPORT, N.Y. (AP) — More than 200 animals were found at the home of a wildlife rehabilitator in New York where authorities also discovered a 95-year-old woman who they say was essentially trapped ...

Police in Louisiana have arrested five people after an autistic woman was found living in a cage outside their home. Officials say the 22-year-old woman was living in squalor condition in the backyard ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The Commerce City Police Department seized dozens of animals on Wednesday after finding them and three children living in “deplorable conditions.” The children’s parents are facing ...

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — A Commerce City couple has been arrested after police found young children and dozens of animals living in "squalor." On Aug. 27, the Commerce City Police Department responded ...

Graphic Warning: This story contains graphic images or video that may be disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. DENVER (KDVR) — The Commerce City Police Department seized dozens of animals on ...

A drug bust in Middle Island left residents shocked over alleged fentanyl sales in their neighborhood, as well as the disturbing discovery of animals living in squalor. Neighbors at an apartment ...

WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS The Colt family were discovered living in squalor in a remote farming valley in Australia, with 38 people all related to one another.

The boy's grandmother told police that he was often locked in his bedroom all day Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was ...