Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring

by Randy O. Frost, Gail Steketee, Randy Frost

Although most people enjoy acquiring and using their possessions and nearly everyone keeps some things they dont need or use, people with compulsive hoarding carry this to an extreme. For them, ridding themselves of extra possessions is emotionally exhausting. Organizing is difficult and resisting the impulse to acquire new things is almost impossible. This book represents more than a decade of research and practice to understand hoarding and develop...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195310551
• ISBN13: 9780195310559
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.9" x 8.3"