Hoarding Disorder

"Hoarding disorder happens when a person has persistent difficulty parting with items that are useless and worn. This difficulty causes a significant amount of distress for the individual and therefore their home becomes so cluttered that spaces are not able to be used in the way they are intended.

Hoarding disorder affects people from all different walks of life of varied educations, ages, ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds. It is important to know that hoarding is a mental health problem, not an issue of laziness.

This book is a guidebook for families, clinicians, social workers, home healthcare workers, public-health officials and related agencies, professional organizers, and animal control personnel.

This book includes:

- The Face of Hoarding Disorder: Real stories from real people-the pain, the conflict, the triumphs big and small.

- Understanding Hoarding Disorder: Why we save stuff and the difference between clutter, collecting, chronic disorganization, and hoarding.

- Successful Helping: An introduction to the complex world of hoarding and the team approach to working with hoarders.

- Where Do I Go From Here?: Contact information for trusted resources that Thomas recommends with confidence.

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