| Description |
290 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-290). |
| Contents |
Dead body in the Collyer Mansion : a prologue to hoarding -- Piles upon piles : the story of hoarding -- We are what we own : owning, collecting, and hoarding -- Amazing junk : the pleasures of hoarding -- Bunkers and cocoons : playing it safe -- A fragment of me : identity and attachment -- Rescue : saving animals from a life on the streets -- A river of opportunities -- Avoiding the agony -- You haven't got a clue -- A tree with too many branches : genetics and the brain -- A packrat in the family -- But it's mine! : hoarding in children -- Having, being, and hoarding. |
| Summary |
With vivid portraits that show us the traits by which you can identify a hoarder, Frost and Steketee explain the causes and outline the often ineffective treatments for the disorder while illuminating the pull that possessions exert on all of us. |
| Subject |
Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Compulsive hoarding.
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| Added Author |
Steketee, Gail.
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| Added Title |
Compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things |
| ISBN |
9780151014231 |
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015101423X |
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