When Frost and Steketee first started investigating hoarding, they figured they wouldn’t find very many cases. To their surprise, they found many. The items hoarded ranged from fine arts to new items still in the packages to old newspapers to animals to garbage. What drives people to amass things like this? And where does the line between collector and hoarder fall?
Hoarding was
formerly thought to be part of OCD; Frost and Steketee feel it’s a separate
disorder. While OCD and hoarding can co-occur, the majority of hoarders fail to
show signs of OCD. This probably explains why OCD can successfully treated,
while hoarding is much more resistant to treatment. Forced removal of the
hoard, ala ‘Hoarders’, never works and merely increases the stress the hoarder
feels.
The authors
cite numerous cases from their practice to show their treatment methods; it’s a
very interesting book that offers hope to hoarders (and their families).
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