Bibliograph

Stuff, compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things, Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee

Type

Label

Stuff, compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things, Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-290)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Stuff

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

318415590

Responsibility statement

Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee

Sub title

compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

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Compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things

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