A rapid and promising tool to screen for hoarding behaviorResearchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have developed a simple, one-question ...

Understand the difference between clutter and hoarding. The tendency to clutter is common, but it is not the same as hoarding. The latter is a mental health disorder; this person feels distressed by ...

Behind closed doors across the country, millions of individuals are quietly overwhelmed by something most of us take for granted: our relationship with things we bring into our homes. The ...

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The results showed that nearly one in four caregivers had some level of concern about hoarding. About ten percent clearly ...

It's the time of year when we accumulate the most stuff. When we do, people often throw around the word "hoarding." But it turns out it's a frequently misunderstood term. Therapist Jayme Kolbo spends ...

Rajeev* is a 70-year-old, first-generation retired immigrant from India who came to the US in 1990 with his wife, Shobha*. They live in a four-bedroom house on the outskirts of Dallas. They have two ...