You might have noticed an elderly relative or neighbor whose home has gradually filled with newspapers, boxes, and items that seem to serve no purpose. What looks like simple messiness could actually ...

I was already doing research for a story I hoped to write about book hoarding and now seem to have missed the boat, but that's not the only reason I'm irritated by this National Post essay, ...

As you walk around a neighborhood and notice things stacked on a porch or piled in a yard, do you wonder, "Does a hoarder live there?" Do you wonder about the person? About what they do, who they are, ...

People who have been homeless often cling to their possessions for a sense of security. Once they land housing, however, it can often cost them stability. Caseworkers at Vancouver’s homeless shelters ...

Some people may think of hoarders as simply eccentric. But hoarding can become such a serious problem, Brenes said, that hoarders can face physical danger. In a famous hoarding case in New York in ...

The study was supported by the British Academy (SG152110). Many of us may find we have acquired too many possessions that clutter our living spaces, but refuse to part with things “in case we might ...

I was already doing research for a story I hoped to write about book hoarding and now seem to have missed the boat, but that's not the only reason I'm irritated by this National Post essay, ...