"But it's not a lifestyle choice, it's a mental health issue." Hoarding was recognised as a complex mental health condition in 2013. Between two and five per cent of the UK population is estimated to ...

I watched the "hoarding show" when it was still on Discovery Health (when Discovery Health still existed!), but in visiting the homes of patients as an LCSW have seen the effects of real-life hoarding ...

Many people live in fear that their food will spoil in the refrigerator before they’ve had time to eat it. And then there are people that stock their icebox with the bodies of dead pets. Saturday is ...

ST. PAUL. Minn., June 27 (UPI) --Compulsive hoarders feel stigmatized and are more likely to view their neighborhoods as less safe and more chaotic than counterparts do, according to researchers who ...

To protect the privacy of those involved, the names in this story have been changed. “G’night,” Ben says. “Heading back to the house.” The house. “Have you ever noticed that you don’t call your place ...

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 ...

Last year, I wrote about animal hoarding. In part, this was spurred by an animal hoarder I knew, the daughter of a friend. Her hoarding was not so extreme that the animals suffered. Still, I wondered ...