What Turns People Into Hoarders?

We've seen it on TV for years, but only now is hoarding being recognized as a real disorder. Anthony looks at what this could mean for the estimated 15 million (!) hoarders across the United States.
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The Scientific Reason You Won't Throw Your Stuff Away
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/scientific-reason-you-cant-throw-your-stuff-away
"Emerging research on hoarding classifies it as its own distinctive disorder, separate from OCD."
Why Do You Hoard?
http://www.psmag.com/health/hoarding-science-55196/
"Most of us have a friend, a relative, or a neighbor who seems to pack his or her home with unnecessary stuff. Researchers are just beginning to understand why."
Brain Scans of Hoarders Reveal Why They Never De-Clutter
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/08/06/scans-of-hoarders-brains-reveal-why-they-never-de-clutter/
"Jill, a 60-year-old woman in Milwaukee, has overcome extreme poverty."
Brain Hubs Boil When Hoarders Face Pitching Their Own Stuff
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120809190754.htm
"In patients with hoarding disorder, parts of a decision-making brain circuit under-activated when dealing with others' possessions, but over-activated when deciding whether to keep or discard their own things, a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded study has found. NIMH is part of the National Institutes of Health."
Neural Mechanisms of Decision Making in Hoarding Disorder
http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1307558#qundefined
"Hoarding disorder (HD), previously considered a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), has been proposed as a unique diagnostic entity in DSM-5."
The Newest Edition of Psychiatry's "Bible," the DSM-5, Is Complete
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=dsm-5-update
"The APA has finished revising the DSM and will publish the manual's fifth edition in May 2013. Here's what to expect."
Course and Causes of Hoarding
http://www.ocfoundation.org/hoarding/causes.aspx
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