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A fifty one year old man's difficulties associated with hoarding are presented using a case study methodology. A psychological formulation and treatment plan is constructed following the work of a case study by Frost and Steketee, (1998). Despite some improvements in his functioning and clinical scores the overall reduction in clutter did not meet expectations. The focus of the discussion is the lack of published literature on hoarding behaviour, and the implications this has on interventions. Also highlighted are the issues associated with psychiatric diagnosis and the way in which this can influence decision making

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- Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Compulsive Hoarding, Case Study

Within the past decade, material disorder—especially that of the domestic variety—has come to stand alternately as evidence, symptom, and potential cause of mental disorder in the North American popular and psychiatric imagination. Sources ranging from the newly defined Hoarding Disorder diagnosis in the DSM-V, to popular media, to agents of the burgeoning clutter-management industry describe disorder in terms of an irrational attachment, closeness, or overidentification with objects. At the same time, these sources imagine order to result from the cool distance and controlled passion a person is able to maintain toward his or her possessions. Drawing on more than twenty interviews and numerous fieldwork encounters with professional organizers (POs) in Toronto between 2014 and 2015, this article describes how POs aim to reorient their clients materially, morally, and affectively to relieve the disorder they report in their lives. Here, I argue, POs emerge as a species of late capitalist healer whose interventions are animated by a paradoxical double movement. For just as POs act to loosen the object attachments and disrupt the “secret sympathy” their clients share with their possessions, they operate within a realm of magical correspondence where matter and mind are imagined to reflect and affect one another, and where bringing order to a client’s possessions means also bringing order to his or her mind.

- by Cristian Gazdac
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- History, Ancient History, Economic History, Archaeology

Since the beginnings of our subject in the German speaking countries, a mostly unreflected, firmly logical positivist epistemology has been the foundation of our practice. Established by ‘fathers’ of modern archaeology like Virchow and Hoernes, we believe that “… beginning and progress …” in archaeology lie in “… the observation of plain fact, in the stringing together of individual, of themselves unremarkable observations to incontrovertible knowledge …” (Hoernes 1892, 43; translation: RK). Virchow (quoted in Hoernes 1892, 70; translation: RK) hoped that the anthropological disciplines would progress “… by purely inductive means …” in the future. One of the necessary (epistemo-) logical preconditions for the possibility of arriving at proof positive by inductive reasoning is the completeness of observations. And since it has become a disciplinary dogma that only inductive reasoning based on correct and complete observations of archaeology can create reliable, i.e. ‘true’, knowledge about archaeological things (and people), a particular relationship of the discipline with these things necessarily follows: every archaeological object is an infinitely valuable treasure, is sacrosanct, must be conserved forever. Only this can guarantee that our observations remain repeatable and thus allow our discipline progress by no other than inductive means. Industrial hoarding thus is a necessary consequence of our epistemological approach.
This paper demonstrates that the approach to professional archaeological collecting resulting from this is both causing suffering within the discipline and causes damage to our subject and the objects that we pretend need to be maintained ‘in perpetuity’, and is ultimately unsustainable. Perhaps even more significantly, the resulting professional practice exhibits virtually all diagnostic criteria of a recently newly-defined obsessive-compulsive spectrum mental disorder, namely compulsive hoarding. It is thus argued that the discipline of archaeology as a community of like-minded and like-educated professionals in the German speaking countries exhibits a serious social functionality disorder: it is, quite literally, sick and in urgent need of therapy.

- by Raimund Karl
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- Archaeology, Epistemology, Museum Studies, History of Archaeological Praxis
- by Elena Bracaloni
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- Family, Compulsive Hoarding, Harm Reduction, Hoarding

Background: To present the rationale for the new Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (OCRD) grouping in the Mental and Behavioural Disorders chapter of the Eleventh
Revision of the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11), including the conceptualization and essential features of disorders in this grouping.
Methods: Review of the recommendations of the ICD-11 Working Group on the Classification for OCRD. These sought to maximize scientific validity, clinical utility, and global
applicability.
Results: The rationale for the grouping is based on common clinical features of included disorders including repetitive unwanted thoughts and associated behaviours, and is supported by emerging evidence from imaging, neurochemical, and genetic studies. The proposed grouping includes obsessive-compulsive disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, hypochondriasis, olfactory reference disorder, and hoarding disorder. Body-focused repetitive behaviour disorders, including trichotillomania and excoriation disorder are also included. Tourette disorder, a neurological disorder in ICD-11, and personality disorder with anankastic features, a
personality disorder in ICD-11, are recommended for cross-referencing. Limitations: Alternative nosological conceptualizations have been described in the
literature and have some merit and empirical basis. However, the proposed ICD-11 OCRD grouping is most likely to achieve the goals of maximizing clinical utility and global applicability.
Conclusion: It is anticipated that creation of an OCRD grouping will contribute to accurate identification and appropriate treatment of affected patients as well as research efforts
aimed at improving our understanding of the prevalence, assessment, and management of its constituent disorders.

- by David Veale and +1
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- Compulsive Hoarding, Body dysmorphic disorder, OCD treatment, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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The aim of this qualitative study is to contribute to empirical knowledge about compulsive hoarding behavior for social workers, educators, psychoeducators and other professionals involved with hoarders in order to improve services offered to these people. We tried to know how users of CSSS, who received social services for compulsive hoarding behavior, perceive and assess interventions conducted by social professionals. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six users of Centre de santé et de services sociaux of Quebec City area (CSSS Alphonse- Desjardins, Portneuf, Québec-Nord and Vieille-Capitale). They also answered the French version of the questionnaire Working Alliance Inventory – Short Version (WAI-SR). Focus group were conducted with eleven professional implicated with hoarders to complete and contextualize data. Results: Compulsive hoarding disorder is a life condition before being a psychiatric condition, and that hoarding behaviors are part of the perception that the users have of themselves, of their priorities, objectives and conditions in which they want to live. Users also have predominantly a favorable opinion about social services in CSSS, which can be linked at a good recognition of the problem. Finally, both users and social professionals perceived a lack of resources in the Quebec City area to answer the specifics needs of people with problems inherent to their compulsive hoarding behaviors.

- by Annik Moreau
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- Social Work, Compulsive Hoarding, Hoarding, Psychosocial Interventions

Accessible summaryIt is estimated that between 2% and 5% of the population experience symptoms of compulsive hoarding. Recent investigation into hoarding has shown that it is a problem in its own right and is therefore being added to a diagnostic manual of mental disorders.This integrative literature review examines the impact that hoarding has on family members.The comprehensive literature review spans a period from database inception to November 2012. A search of the databases Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, and psycINFO, together with hand searches, was completed.Thematic analysis revealed three overriding themes: quality of life, shattered families and rallying around. These themes illuminate the negative impact that hoarding behaviour has on families and the inadequacy of available services.The relative lack of robust evidence about the impact of hoarding behaviour on families suggests that further research is needed in this emergent field.It is estimated that between 2% and 5% of the population experience symptoms of compulsive hoarding. Recent investigation into hoarding has shown that it is a problem in its own right and is therefore being added to a diagnostic manual of mental disorders.This integrative literature review examines the impact that hoarding has on family members.The comprehensive literature review spans a period from database inception to November 2012. A search of the databases Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, and psycINFO, together with hand searches, was completed.Thematic analysis revealed three overriding themes: quality of life, shattered families and rallying around. These themes illuminate the negative impact that hoarding behaviour has on families and the inadequacy of available services.The relative lack of robust evidence about the impact of hoarding behaviour on families suggests that further research is needed in this emergent field.AbstractCompulsive hoarding affects approximately 2–5% of the adult population. Increasing recognition has led to its inclusion as a distinct condition in forthcoming revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual V. Hoarding behaviour can have a detrimental effect on the health and well-being of family members. A rigorous review of available evidence using a novel three-stage literature search was undertaken: (1) an extensive scoping review; (2) a traditional search of databases including Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, and psycINFO using combinations of keywords; and (3) review of cited references and hand-searching of selected journals. Evidence was selected using predefined inclusion criteria. Papers included two surveys, one qualitative study and one case study. An integrative review methodology was used to synthesize the evidence presented. Analysis revealed three overriding themes: quality of life, shattered families and rallying around. These illuminated the experiences of family members. These papers revealed families under strain and often at breaking point but with the resolve to pull together if the right support is available. This review concludes that further research is needed to investigate the effects of hoarding on family members and how these may best be met.Compulsive hoarding affects approximately 2–5% of the adult population. Increasing recognition has led to its inclusion as a distinct condition in forthcoming revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual V. Hoarding behaviour can have a detrimental effect on the health and well-being of family members. A rigorous review of available evidence using a novel three-stage literature search was undertaken: (1) an extensive scoping review; (2) a traditional search of databases including Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, and psycINFO using combinations of keywords; and (3) review of cited references and hand-searching of selected journals. Evidence was selected using predefined inclusion criteria. Papers included two surveys, one qualitative study and one case study. An integrative review methodology was used to synthesize the evidence presented. Analysis revealed three overriding themes: quality of life, shattered families and rallying around. These illuminated the experiences of family members. These papers revealed families under strain and often at breaking point but with the resolve to pull together if the right support is available. This review concludes that further research is needed to investigate the effects of hoarding on family members and how these may best be met.

- by Tim Büscher and +1
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- Mental Health, Children and Families, Family, Compulsive Hoarding

Press reports frequently characterize animal hoarders as bad, mad, or sad people. This descriptive study identifies the accounts hoarders use to neutralize these negative portrayals. A total of 163 articles representing 118 hoarding cases between 2000 to 20003 were content-analyzed. Findings indicate that hoarders employ a variety of justifications and excuses to explain and normalize their treatment of animals. Justifications include denying wrongdoing, being a Good Samaritan, and professing to be victims of the system, while excuses include attributing their poor performance to external events, appealing to defeasibility, scapegoating, and self-handicapping. The results point to the value of these accounts to hoarders as well as to authorities and experts who deal with and manage this behavior.

- by Arnold Arluke
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- Social Psychology, Anthrozoology, Compulsive Hoarding, Human-Animal Relationships
- by Tim Büscher
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- Mental Health, Children and Families, Family, Compulsive Hoarding

This article considers the figure of the tangle (be it a garbuglio, gomitolo, gnommero, or guazzabuglio), emblematic of Carlo Emilio Gadda’s narrative architecture and philosophy. The garbuglio and its variations, like the “vibrant matter” recently theorized by Jane Bennett, enmesh human and nonhuman matter in a fabric of relations so dense that no element can be subtracted from the global whole. Understanding uselessness not as a quality intrinsic to matter, but as a relationship of exteriority, this article examines iterations of uselessness—and accordingly, forms of subtraction—in Gadda: of human and nonhuman matter from larger tangles (whether linguistic, narrative, economic, or social). The stakes of these forms of subtraction, I argue, come into focus in La cognizione del dolore in a tension between “ethics” and “charity” that demonstrates Gadda’s disillusionment with fascism—and particularly with fascist mothers who, like Volumnia of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, would sacrifice their sons to the “ethical” imperatives of the state.

- by Rebecca Falkoff
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- Italian Studies, Compulsive Hoarding, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Jane Bennett
- by Amy Hubbell
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- French Literature, Memory Studies, Compulsive Hoarding, Collecting and Collections
- by Ana Batrićević
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- Animal Welfare, Animal Law, Compulsive Hoarding, Animal Rights

This study describes media and judicial reaction to the first publicly acknowledged case of animal hoarding in Sweden—a 60-year-old Swedish woman who purportedly " rescued " 150 swans over several years by bringing many back to her one-room apartment. Reports in the press and social media reflected curiosity if not admiration for this woman, who was dubbed the " Swan Lady. " Although some condemned her deeds and saw her as guilty of animal cruelty, most commentators were more fascinated by her ability to capture the aggressive and large birds, and bring them to her home. While judicial reaction framed this case as one of animal cruelty, the response was sympathetic and people failed to consider the Swan Lady's mental health when examining her behavior. Keywords animal rescue – swans – hoarding – cruelty to animals

- by ingvar svanberg and +1
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- Sociology Of Deviance, Human-Animal Relations, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Anthrozoology
- by divya kalia
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- Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Family Caregivers/Carers, Compulsive Hoarding

Since the beginnings of our subject in German countries in the late 19th century, a mostly unreflected, firmly positivist epistemology has been the foundation of our practice. Established by ‘fathers’ of modern archaeology like Virchow and Hoernes, we believe that “...beginning and progress...” in archaeology lie in “... the observation of plain fact, in the stringing together of individual, of themselves unremarkable observations to incontrovertible knowledge...” (Hoernes 1892, 43). Virchow (quoted in Hoernes 1892, 70) hoped that the anthropological disciplines would progress “...by purely inductive means...” in the future. One of the necessary (epistemo-)logical preconditions for the possibility to arrive at proof positive by inductive reasoning is the completeness of observations. And since it has become disciplinary dogma that only inductive reasoning based on correct and complete observations of archaeology can create reliable, i.e. ‘true’, knowledge about archaeological things (and people), a particular relationship of the discipline with these things necessarily follows: every archaeological object is an infinitely valuable treasure, is sacrosanct, must be conserved forever. Only this can guarantee that our observations remain repeatable and thus allow our discipline to progress by no other than inductive means. Industrial hoarding thus is a necessary consequence of our epistemological approach.
This paper demonstrates that the approach to professional archaeological collecting resulting from this is both causing suffering within the discipline and causes damage to our subject and the objects we pretend need to be maintained ‘in perpetuity’, and is ultimately unsustainable. Perhaps even more significantly, the resulting professional practice exhibits virtually all diagnostic criteria of a recently newly-defined obsessive-compulsive spectrum mental disorder, of compulsive hoarding. It is thus argued that the discipline of archaeology as a community of like-minded and like-educated professionals in the German countries exhibits a serious social functionality disorder: it is, quite literally, sick and in urgent need of therapy.

- by Raimund Karl
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- Museum Studies, Contemporary Archaeology, Compulsive Hoarding, Museum archaeology
- by Ziad Sawaya
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- Religion, History, Ancient History, Economic History

Objective: Much research and theorizing suggest that compulsive acquisition is a central component of hoarding disease. The Compulsive Acquisition Scale (CAS; Frost et al. 2002) is a self-rating scale measuring the extent to which individuals acquire and feel compelled to acquire possessions. The present study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the CAS, in terms of reliability and construct validity. Method: The scale was administered to a sample of 491 non-clinical adults along with a battery of selected self-report measures. Participants were randomly divided into two subsamples. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed. Support for construct validity was provided by correlations between CAS and the other administered measures. Results: Unlike the originally suggested 2-factor structure, both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed an underlying 3-factor structure (Emotions, Time and Money, and Free Stuff). Our outcomes showed good subscales homogeneity; support for concurrent validity was provided by significantly positively correlations between CAS scores and the other measures of hoarding severity; convergent validity was gathered examining correlations between CAS and measures of depression, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorder. Conclusions: Overall, empirical results indicated promising psychometric properties of the CAS Italian version in a nonclinical sample. Limitations of the study and the need for further research are discussed.

- by Palmira Faraci
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- Depression, Compulsive Hoarding, Anxiety, Test Validity

- by james binnie
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- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Compulsive Hoarding, Case Study

Changes in economic and social life create important and permanent changes in the behavior of individuals. In our age where digitalization and mass consumption are intense, consumption preferences are changing rapidly. In addition to utilitarian consumption, individuals are consumed depending on many motivations today. Even abnormal consumption behaviors can be encountered. One of these behaviors is compulsive consumption behavior, which is the subject of the study. Compulsive buying is a chronically repetitive, an impulsive buying behavior that the individual does to suppress or reduce anxiety, negative emotions and thoughts that are caused by many factors in the family, environment or internal. It is not the product that is important for individuals but the pleasure they experience throughout the buying process. The general acceptance in the literature is that compulsive buying behavior is seen in women for various reasons. However, there are discussions about the fact that it has started to be seen in men today. The purpose of this study is to investigate the difference between the sexes in the Y and Z generations of compulsive buying behavior. For this purpose, the data collected from 222 persons throught the survey were analysed by independent sample t test. According to the data obtained as a result of the analysis, in generation Y, in line with the general acceptance opinion, women have more compulsive buying behavior. However, this difference disappears in the Z generation.
Keywords:
compulsive buying behavior, consumption theory, y and z generations

- by Asena Gizem Yiğit
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- Consumption, Compulsive Hoarding, Generations, Compulsive Buying

Consumerism drives economies; we acquire and discard
possessions without distress. This process is well managed
by most with only the occasional glitch. For those who
compulsively hoard, this process is impaired; the sufferer is
unable to resist the urge to acquire possessions, which are at
times of little value, and is unable to discard even at the point
of excess leading to cluttered living spaces.

- by Kathleen (Kate) A Moore
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- Compulsive Hoarding
- by Margaret Hass
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- Media Studies, Television Studies, Sociology of Food and Eating, Fat Studies

Archaeological archives increasingly suffer from space and resource shortages. Finds in stores increasingly are inaccessible to both scholars and the public; if they don’t slowly rust, mould or rot there due to suboptimal storage conditions. The percentage of the stored sources that have been analysed and published in any meaningful way rarely exceeds single figures. Most archives are full, many more than full, some have reached the point where they must consider refusing to take in new finds. This results in a selection of archaeological sources based on the principle of random sampling. In this contribution, it is argued that we direly need to adopt and apply radical strategic selection strategies, starting in the field during data collection, supplemented by further selection at the point of accessioning, and finally, in the revision of existing collections. Only this will allow us to cope in the long term not just with the continuing stream of new finds that must be collected, but also ensure a sustainable preservation of those sources that are truly important to maintain in perpetuity. The surplus created by radical selection, of finds not worthy of long term preservation, should in turn be used to strengthen public perception of the importance of archaeology and to gain additional economic and social capital, which in turn can be used to further strengthen archaeology.

- by Raimund Karl
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- Archaeology, Museum Studies, Cultural Heritage, Germany (Archaeology)
- by Gui Yem
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- Bipolar Disorder, Compulsive Hoarding, Humans, Female

Background and aims: The appetitive aspects of hoarding disorder, such as the compulsive acquisition and saving of objects, are akin to other behavioral addictions. Underpinning these appetitive features is the strong emotional and sentimental attachments that hoarding sufferers have for their possessions. Different facets of object attachment have been identified including anthropomorphism, insecure object attachment, possessions as an extension of identity, possessions as a repository of autobiographical memories, and possessions as a source of comfort and safety. The aim of this study was to examine the association between each of these facets and hoarding symptoms independent of non-sentimental hoarding beliefs, depression, and anxiety. Methods: Participants were 532 individuals recruited via Turkprime who completed online self-report questionnaires on hoarding symptoms, hoarding beliefs, depression, anxiety, and the facets of object attachment. Pearson's correlations and hi...

- by Jessica Grisham
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- Compulsive Hoarding, Anthropomorphism, Hoarding, Behavioral Addictions

En este cartel se trabaja a modo de lineamientos teóricos y clínicos el tema del hoarding desde una mirada psicoanalítica. El propósito es poder establecer algunas coordenadas teóricas generales para pensar la causa, así como lo que pudiera estar en juego a nivel psíquico y afectivo en los sujetos que padecen de esta particular adicción y compulsión a la repetición. Se plantea la interrogante sobre cómo se relaciona el aumento del hoarding con el empuje al consumo desmedido fomentado por el discurso capitalista de nuestros tiempos en donde el sujeto queda aplastado por la hiperpresencia del objeto.

- by Idamari Santiago
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- Clinical Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Compulsive Hoarding, Hoarding
- by Guido Guerzoni
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- Collection Development, Archives, Digital Collections, Compulsive Hoarding
- by Melissa Hardie
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- American Studies, Material Culture Studies, Compulsive Hoarding
- by Dr. Lonny Douglas Meinecke
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- Self Compassion, Compulsive Hoarding, Attachment Theory

This study examines how compulsive buying behavior, which has a destructive effect on its sufferers, differs according to demographic variables and product types. According to the findings, in general, women, singles, and youngsters have a higher compulsive buying tendency than men, married ones, and the older population. Women have a higher compulsive buying tendency than men in fashion, cosmetics, supermarket, home, and hobby products, while men have the same tendency for automotive and sports products. According to the evaluation on marital status, singles have a higher compulsive buying tendency than married ones for fashion, cosmetics, electronics, sports, hobbies, and entertainment products. In contrast, married ones tend to buy baby care and garden products compulsively. From this point of view, it can be said that compulsive buying behavior may differ according to product groups and demographic variables.

Compulsive hoarding affects approximately 2-5% of the adult population. Increasing recognition has led to its inclusion as a distinct condition in forthcoming revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual V. Hoarding behaviour can have a detrimental effect on the health and well-being of family members. A rigorous review of available evidence using a novel three-stage literature search was undertaken: (1) an extensive scoping review; (2) a traditional search of databases including Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, and psycINFO using combinations of keywords; and (3) review of cited references and hand-searching of selected journals. Evidence was selected using predefined inclusion criteria. Papers included two surveys, one qualitative study and one case study. An integrative review methodology was used to synthesize the evidence presented. Analysis revealed three overriding themes: quality of life,...

- by Tim Buescher
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- Mental Health, Children and Families, Family, Compulsive Hoarding

Ability of critical self-analysis is the outer sign of ripening and emancipation, be it for a person or an occupation. The book "Eternity does not live here any more..." (Zagreb, 2012) was my try to contribute to the nascent profession in a heritage sector. To finish presenting the book by its chapters, I end the series by an excerpt from the chapter "Vanity". I would write it differently now, but it may still be of some interest to a benevolent reader. For the rest of the book, alas in unedited Globish, please go to: https://www.mnemosophy.com/the-vault

- by Tomislav Sola
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- Art History, Heritage Studies, Compulsive Hoarding, History of Art

This article explores the human propensity to collect, it's impact on museums, and how museums can combat destructive aspects of the nature of humans to collect. This article was originally published by (and copied here with permission... more

- by Brittni Bradford
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- Archaeology, Museum Studies, Collections Management, History of Museums
- by Andy Kim
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- Compulsive Hoarding
- by Andy Kim
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- Compulsive Hoarding

We report the case of a 69 year-old female patient who was hospitalized for Diogenes syndrome, defined
by marked self-neglect, social withdrawal and excessive hoarding, leading to squalor. Somatic causes were
eliminated. Her personal history showed an eight-year depressive episode followed by a 20-year hypomanic
episode without remission, followed by a persistent manic episode associated with Diogenes syndrome for four
years. The Diogenes syndrome was successfully treated with mood stabilizers. Mood disorders – in particular
chronic mania (i.e. a manic episode lasting more than two years) – should be considered in cases of Diogenes
syndrome and in current classifications.

- by Guillaume Fond
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- Compulsive Hoarding, Diogenes Syndrome

Archäologische Sammlungen und Archive leiden zunehmend unter Platznot und Ressourcenmangel. Funde in Depots sind oftmals selbst für WissenschaftlerInnen de facto und für die Öffentlichkeit ohnehin gänzlich unzugänglich; wenn sie nicht sogar in diesen aufgrund suboptimaler Lagerungsbedingungen vor sich hin verrosten, verschimmeln und verrotten. Der Auswertungsstand der in diesen Depots gelagerten archäologischen Quellen übersteigt selten einstellige Prozentsätze. Die meisten Archive sind voll, zahlreiche übervoll, manche müssen über Neuaufnahmestopps für Fundmaterial nachdenken. Resultat ist eine Selektion archäologischer Quellen durch das Zufallsprinzip. In diesem Beitrag wird argumentiert, dass es dringend nötig ist bereits in der Feldforschung, dann in der Aufnahme und schließlich in der Revision von bestehenden Sammlungen radikale Selektionsstrategien zur Anwendung zu bringen. Nur durch diese wird es möglich sein, nicht nur den stetig fortschreitenden Neuanfall zusätzlichen Fundmaterials langfristig zu bewältigen, sondern auch tatsächlich eine nachhaltige Erhaltung wirklich wichtiger archäologischer Quellen sicherzustellen. Der durch radikale Selektion entstehende Überschuss an nicht erhaltenswerten Funden sollte hingegen kreativ zur Stärkung des öffentlichen Bewusstseins für die Wichtigkeit von Archäologie und zur Gewinnung zusätzlichen ökonomischen und sozialen Kapitals genutzt werden, das dann seinerseits zur weiteren Stärkung der Archäologie verwendet werden kann.

- by Raimund Karl
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- Archaeology, Museum Studies, Compulsive Hoarding, German archaeology
- by Niranjan Casie Chitty
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- History, American History, The Novel, Compulsive Hoarding