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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