Mark was always a loner. His reclusiveness worsened when the coronavirus pandemic emerged. He shied away from having visitors at his home, including members of his family. When he died recently, his ...

Behind closed doors across the country, millions of individuals are quietly overwhelmed by something most of us take for granted: our relationship with things we bring into our homes. The ...

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

Hoarding disorder affects around 1 in 50 (2%) of the population but remains a largely misunderstood mental health condition, said the authors of new guidance, published in the British Journal of ...

WASHINGTON - A new report shows that problems with hoarding are rising in the U.S. due to an aging population. U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, ...

An estimated 2% to 6% of the population suffers from hoarding disorder, according to the International OCD Foundation. Researchers at Stanford Medicine are using virtual reality to help those who ...