A report published earlier this year by the US Senate Special Committee on Aging is calling for a national coordinated response to what the authors claim may be an emerging hoarding disorder (HD) ...

Do you ever wonder what causes people to live in hoarded conditions? Is it nature versus nurture? Through my clinical practice specializing in the intervention and treatment of Hoarding Disorder over ...

Hoarding is a serious mental illness that affects 2 to 5% of the population. — -- intro:You're buying things a second time because you lost the first ones you purchased. You can't fit your car in ...

"But it's not a lifestyle choice, it's a mental health issue." Hoarding was recognised as a complex mental health condition in 2013. Between two and five per cent of the UK population is estimated to ...

You might have noticed an elderly relative or neighbor whose home has gradually filled with newspapers, boxes, and items that seem to serve no purpose. What looks like simple messiness could actually ...

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This piece unpacks why we hoard, when “data is the new gold” stops being true, and how to confidently delete what no longer ...

Amanda Uhle’s recent book Destroy This House (Summit Books, 2025) opens with an unsettling image of her parents’ home: “The garage in their Pontiac home was filled with food, much of it perishable.

At first glance, a neatly organized pantry, a well-stocked craft room, or a collection of beloved memorabilia might seem perfectly normal – even desirable. We all accumulate things, whether for ...