People with hoarding disorder are often embarrassed to host people in their homes due to the clutter. That’s an especially big problem for older adults, who tend to be particularly lonely.

Trauma Services reports hoarding disorder is rising, driven by trauma and stress, especially since the pandemic, requiring ...

Hoarding is especially difficult with older populations says Dr. Linda Welsh — she directs the anxiety and agoraphobia treatment center in Bala Cynwyd. Mountains of things pose a greater health risk ...

Hoarding disorder is characterized by an ongoing resistance to discarding one’s belongings, even those with no value, like junk mail, old newspapers, and materials that most people would ...

People who felt more threatened by COVID-19 and ranked high on scales of emotionality and conscientiousness were most likely to hoard toilet paper when the coronavirus shutdowns began in March.

Hoarding disorder is an under-recognized serious mental illness that worsens with age. It affects 2.5% of the working-age population and 7% of older adults. That's about 715,000 Australians.

A conversation with a hoarding consultant. By Eve M. Kahn Brigador Stamback, the founder of NYC Hoards, a company started in 2018 that carts away unsalvageable household possessions by the ton ...

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While some studies have reported seeing symptoms of hoarding as early as childhood, Mehrkam said that animal hoarding is more prevalent in older people and women. "There definitely can be a range ...

Hoarding by young people, older adults tackled by MSU researcher (Photo by Getty Images) Contact: Mary Pollitz STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State Assistant Professor Mary E. Dozier is helping ...