Hoarding is a serious mental illness that affects 2 to 5% of the population. — -- intro:You're buying things a second time because you lost the first ones you purchased. You can't fit your car in ...

First the hoarding. Your local fire department might have a hoarding task force that can make a house call. Or your local ...

Clutter makes it tough to enjoy our homes. Who hasn’t sidestepped a precarious stack of mail or random boxes in the hallway? Maybe you’ve even hesitated to invite guests over, worried they’d see the ...

Jessica Grisham has received funding from the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation. Keong Yap receives funding from the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation.

Do you struggle to click delete? These questions can help gauge if you have a hoarding habit in the digital age. Minimalism can be hard to embrace. The idea that less is more has become trendy in ...

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From the outside, animal hoarding often looks like compassion for vulnerable critters. A person may appear to be taking in unwanted pets or rescuing animals that no one else will help. However, inside ...

Animal lovers who strive to care for many pets -- and have personal hoarding tendencies -- may risk the quality of their own wellbeing and that of those under their care, a recent collaborative study ...