Compulsive Hoarding

Compulsive hoarding is a behavior in which a person obsessively and continually collects, stores, and amasses items, without regard to the practicality of using and/or storing those items. Some psychologists believe compulsive hoarding to be related to obsessive-compulsive disorder.San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy: [http://www.sfbacct.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=70 Compulsive Hoarding[

Compulsive hoarders may have problems with processing information, discerning what items are valuable and what are not, and in developing emotional attachments to worthless items.ScienceDaily: SRI Medication Effective In Treating Compulsive... (October 25, 2006)

The collecting and storing of garbage, a related behavior, is known as syllogomania, while other compulsive hoarders may collect animals.

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Is hoarding a form of mental illness?(9 Answers)

A: I am not a doctor. The key here will be in determining if your grandmother has what might become a new diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ...

If you know someone who you think has crossed the line from collector to an actual hoarder, what do you do?(2 Answers)

A: Hoarding is a serious problem that can and has resulted in great physical, mental, and emotional harm to those afflicted by it. If your friend really is falling ...

Do you think hoarding is just a form of addiction?(9 Answers)

A: "Just a form of addiction" ? To say that would be to diminish the power of both afflictions. Neither hoarding or addiction are "just" anything, they are both very ...