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 ...

In their Cooperatives and Condominiums column, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan's Richard Siegler and Eva Talel discuss Collyer's conditions, which can create serious health and safety concerns for an ...

According to the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), hoarding disorder is described as a pattern of compulsive behaviour involving accumulating ...

Fugen Neziroglu, Jerome Bubrick, Jose A. Yaryura-Tobias. New Harbinger Publications, $16.95 (146pp) ISBN 978-1-57224-349-1 The Collyer brothers, with their bicycle-, chandelier- and newspaper-packed ...

What comes to mind when you read the word "addiction?" Does it make you think of repetitive use of alcohol and drugs despite negative consequences? Or do you think of shopping, sexual activity, video ...

Compulsive hoarder Ron Savage in his apartment in Orlando, Fla., in February of last year. Savage has difficulty throwing away such things as TV Guides, the mail, and magazines. The amateur magician ...

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PHOENIX — Stacks of magazines lining the walls. An overwhelming stench from too many cats in too small a space. A freezer in the bathroom containing meat purchased years ago. David Helgeson, a ...

ST. PAUL. Minn., June 27 (UPI) --Compulsive hoarders feel stigmatized and are more likely to view their neighborhoods as less safe and more chaotic than counterparts do, according to researchers who ...

Hoarding Disorder (HD) and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are distinct yet interrelated psychiatric conditions that share elements of compulsive behaviour. HD is primarily defined by a persistent ...

DEAR ERIC: I have a friend of several decades and recently learned she is a hoarder. We always met outside our homes for coffee or lunch. I just assumed it was more convenient. A few months ago, she ...