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Compulsive Hoarding

According to Christina Bratiotis, PhD, post-doctoral fellow at the Boston University School of Social Work, and author of The Hoarding Handbook, compuslive hoarding is defined as:

• A person collects and keeps a lot of items, even things that appear useless or of little value to most people, and
• These items clutter the living spaces and keep the person from using their rooms as they were intended, and
• These items cause distress or problems in day-to-day activities.

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