Many of us have things that we like and enjoy so much that we collect them. When we collect something, we acquire it, accumulate it, display it and store any extras. For some of us, collecting and ...

A lot of people think of hoarding as something extreme — a home crammed to the ceiling with possessions. However, it tends to start gradually, and research has found that it can begin in adolescence ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Backed by new grant funding, the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health intends to officially launch and expand a network dedicated to hoarding resources, as advocates look to ...

Hoarding is different from merely living amid clutter, experts note. It’s possible to have a messy house and be a pack rat without qualifying for a diagnosis of hoarding behavior. The difference is ...

Virtual reality (VR) therapy is showing promise as an effective treatment for hoarding disorder, a serious mental health condition estimated to affect approximately 2.5% of the US population. A recent ...

In a previous blog on animal hoarding I made a passing reference to Diogenes Syndrome (DS) that is sometimes referred to as ‘senile squalor syndrome’ (as it typically occurs in elderly individuals – ...

People from across the country have offered to adopt 111 poodles and their puppies rescued last week from a reported hoarder’s Warren County home. Compulsive hoarding is a mental disorder experienced ...

Some companies are keeping labor force levels steady despite weak expectations for demand, a move known as “labor hoarding.” Economists are divided on when such behavior is likely to end, according to ...