Hoarding may represent a misfiring of one of the brain’s oldest imperatives: to seek safety in connection. Where human bonds ...
What comes to mind when you read the word "addiction?" Does it make you think of repetitive use of alcohol and drugs despite negative consequences? Or do you think of shopping, sexual activity, video ...
Hoarding Disorder (HD) and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are distinct yet interrelated psychiatric conditions that share elements of compulsive behaviour. HD is primarily defined by a persistent ...
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 ...
A "GMA" producer recounts her journey to rescue her mother from hoarding. In her book, "White Dresses," Mary Pflum Peterson, a producer at "Good Morning America," chronicles the story of three ...
PETALING JAYA: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health issue marked by a pattern of unwanted thoughts, known ...
Q.Our son, almost 9, sometimes falls to pieces when we throw away toothpaste tubes, old clothes and plastic wrappers. The episodes make him intensely sad and now occur about three times a week, which ...