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Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have developed a simple, one-question screening tool that could help doctors quickly identify hoarding behaviors in patients with memory loss and ...

Asking caregivers if they are concerned about clutter or possible hoarding may help identify neurocognitive disorders, according to a study published in The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical ...

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

Hoarding behavior, often depicted in media as extreme clutter and an inability to discard items, is more than just a habit of collecting. It’s a complex psychological condition that affects millions ...

The habit crept up on Kim. She would arrive at garage sales as they were ending to pick up what remained. “I’d load my car full of the free stuff on the side of the road: clothes, things that needed ...

A lot of people think of hoarding as something extreme — a home crammed to the ceiling with possessions. However, it tends to start gradually, and research has found that it can begin in adolescence ...

Individuals who experience hoarding related to OCD may have distressing feelings about discarding items. It can drive compulsive saving behaviors that they recognize as excessive. Obsessive-compulsive ...

In Amanda Uhle’s recent book, Destroy This House (Summit Books, 2025), Uhle describes an interaction between her hoarder mother and nonhoarder father: “It was weird how Dad never complained about ...

Recently, the phenomenon known as hoarding has come into greater public awareness, propelled by graphic scenes on television showing homes crammed floor-to-ceiling with an astonishing amount of stuff.