Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Studies suggest that between 3% and 5% of the population are compulsive hoarders, posing danger to themselves and others. Photo by ...

In their Cooperatives and Condominiums column, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan's Richard Siegler and Eva Talel discuss Collyer's conditions, which can create serious health and safety concerns for an ...

At what point does a collection become hoarding? All of us at one time or another had collections whether of stamps, books or plates. “People collect and save objects as a hobby in virtually all ...

Some of the treatment options for compulsive hoarding are therapy, medication, support groups, and help from a professional organizer. Everyone likes having stuff in their home, and many people are ...

Bangladeshi-American storyteller, novelist, and screenwriter Sharbari Ahmed has little interest in familiar, formulaic narratives. Instead, she is drawn to stories that exist at the margins—stories ...

Hoarding disorder is often described as if it might be “caused” by a single errant chromosome, but the trajectory of genetic research, from early linkage ...

New guidance may help doctors correctly diagnose hoarding disorder. Hoarding disorder affects around 2% of the population but remains a largely misunderstood mental health condition. It was only added ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (UPI) --News stories about hoarding seem to appear with greater frequency these days, telling tales of people who have little space to eat or sleep because their floors, countertops ...