Psychology Today3d
Understanding Hoarding Behavior From a Trauma Perspective
Hoarding is clinically defined as the persistent difficulty getting rid of or parting with possessions due to a perceived ...
Woman found dead at home after eviction notice over hoarding issues, inquest hears
A woman who had "withdrawn from the community" was found dead in her home after receiving an eviction notice for compulsive ...
When Letting Go is Hard: a look into hoarding disorder
We all have those pile of t-shirts we wore in high school but don’t anymore, jeans that don’t fit us but think will fit again ...
Opinion
Havertown psychologist recounts mother’s descent into hoarding
An excerpt from author Deborah Derrickson Kossmann's book "Lost Found Kept: A Memoir," on what happened in her own childhood home in Cherry Hill.
Inside Housing6d
Addressing hoarding
Hoarding, also known as ‘hoarding disorder’ and previously referred to as ‘compulsive hoarding’, can have a significant impact on the hoarder themselves, neighbours, housing staff and housing ...
For seniors with hoarding disorder, a support group helps confront stigma
Also, Spinelli thinks Medicaid and Medicare should fund more peer-support specialists for hoarding disorder. These mental ...
Evening Chronicle5d
Darlington woman found dead at home after receiving eviction notice for compulsive hoarding
A Darlington woman who had "withdrawn from the community" was found dead in her home after receiving an eviction notice for compulsive hoarding. Dawn Marie Smith was sadly found dead in her home ...
Psychology Today3d
Understanding Hoarding Behavior From a Trauma Perspective
Before 2013, hoarding was considered a subtype of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). While still considered a related disorder, it is distinct from OCD. Hoarders don’t have the intrusive ...