This bibliograph summarises the information available on compulsive hoarding. As links date easily, we suggest you search on the publication name which will usually produce an abstract and often a full article.
Research publications
Early research
Hoarding: Eccentricity or Pathology: When to Intervene?” Norma Thormas. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 1997
A cognitive-behavioral model of compulsive hoarding. Randy O Frost & Tamara L Hartl. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 1996
Hoarding; compulsive buying and reasons for saving Randy O Frost; Kim H-J; Bloss C; Murray-Close M & Gail Steketee Behaviour Research and Therapy. 1995.
Hoarding as a psychiatric symptom D Greenberg; E Witztum; A Levy. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 1990.
Compulsive hoarding Greenberg D American Journal of Psychotherapy. 1987.
Character and anal eroticism Sigmund Freud Collected Papers 2, Hogarth Press. 1908
The definition of compulsive hoarding
The Environmental Cleanliness and Clutter Scale (ECCS). Halliday G, Snowdon J. Int Psychogeriatr. 2009.
Compulsive hoarding: current status of the research. Gail Skeketee; Randy O Frost. Clinical Psychology Review. 2003.
Hoarding: What Does It Mean? Yuval Melamed: Henry Szor: Yoram Barak and Avner Elizur. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 1998
A cognitive-behavioral model of compulsive hoarding. Randy O Frost & Tamara L Hartl. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 1996.
The hoarding of possessions. Randy O Frost & RC Gross. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 1993.
The prevalence of compulsive hoarding
The prevalence of compulsive hoarding and its association with compulsive buying in a German population-based sample. Mueller A, Mitchell JE, Crosby RD, Glaesmer H, de Zwaan M. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2009
Prevalence and correlates of hoarding behavior in a community-based sample. Samuels JF; Bienvenu OJ; Grados MA; Cullen B et al Behaviour Research and Therapy 2008
The economic and social burden of compulsive hoarding. David F Tolin; Randy O Frost;; Gail Skeketee; Gray KD; Fitch KE. Psychiatry Research 2008
Hoarding behaviours in a large college sample. ME Coles; Randy O Frost; R Gheimberg & Gail Skeketee. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2003
Trauma and Compulsive Hoarding
Stressful life events and material deprivation in hoarding disorder. J Anxiety Disord Landau D, Iervolino AC, Pertusa A, Santo S, Singh S, Mataix-Cols D 2011
Course of compulsive hoarding and its relationship to life events Depress Anxiety David F. Tolin, Suzanne A. Meunier, Randy O. Frost, Gail Steketee 2010
Compulsive Hoarding: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Kellett S, Greenhalgh R, Beail N, Ridgway N Behaviour Cogntive Psychotherapy 2010
Age at onset and clinical features of late life compulsive hoarding. Ayers CR, Saxena S, Golshan S, Wetherell JL. Int J Geriatric Psychiatry 2009
Exploration of anxiety sensitivity and distress tolerance as vulnerability factors for hoarding behaviors. Timpano KR; Buckner JD; Richey JA; Murphy DL; Schmidt NB.
Depression and Anxiety 2009
Interpersonal problems and emotional intelligence in compulsive hoarding. Grisham JR, Steketee G, Frost RO. Depression and Anxiety 2008
Do traumatic events influence the clinical expression of compulsive hoarding? Cromer KR; Schmidt NB; Murphy DL. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2007
An investigation of traumatic life events and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Cromer KR; Schmidt NB; Murphy DL. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2007
Age of onset of compulsive hoarding. Jessica R Grisham; Randy O Frost; Gail Steketee; Kim HJ; Hood S. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 2006
Relationships among compulsive hoarding, trauma, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Tamara L Hartl; Duffany SR; Allen GJ; Gail Skeketee; Randy O Frost. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2005
Character and anal eroticism Sigmund Freud Collected Papers 2, Hogarth Press. 1908
Decision making and compulsive hoarding
An exploration of economic reasoning in hoarding disorder patients. Behav Res Ther Tolin DF, Villavicencio A 2011
Cognitive functioning in compulsive hoarding. J Anxiety Disord Blom RM, Samuels JF, Grados MA, Chen Y, Bienvenu OJ, Riddle MA, Liang KY, Brandt J, Nestadt G 2011
Inattention, but not OCD, predicts the core features of hoarding disorder. Behav Res Ther Tolin DF, Villavicencio A 2011
Categorization and cognitive deficits in compulsive hoarding. Behav Res Ther Grisham JR, Norberg MM, Williams AD, Certoma SP, Kadib R 2011
I can’t let anything go:” A case study with psychological testing of a patient with pathologic hoarding. Koretz J, Gutheil TG. The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2009
Investigating the mechanisms of hoarding from an experimental perspective. Preston SD, Muroff JR, Wengrovitz SM. Depression and Anxiety 2009
OCD and compulsive hoarding
Compulsive hoarding: current controversies and new directions. Dialogues Clin Neurosci Grisham JR, Norberg MM 2011
Hoarding: obsessive symptom or syndrome? Psychiatry Sansone RA, Sansone LA. 2010
Clinical features and treatment characteristics of compulsive hoarding in Japanese patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. CNS Spectr. Matsunaga H, Hayashida K, Kiriike N, Nagata T, Stein DJ. 2010
Distinct correlates of hoarding and cleaning symptom dimensions in relation to onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder at menarche or the perinatal period. Labad J, Alonso P, Segalas C, Real E, Jimenez S, Bueno B, Vallejo J, Menchon JM. Arch
Womens Mental Health 2009
Attachment to people and to objects in obsessive-compulsive disorder: an exploratory comparison of hoarders and non-hoarders. Nedelisky A, Steele M. Attach Hum Develop 2009
Separating hoarding from OCD. Rachman S; Elliott CM; Shafran R; Radomsky AS. Behaviour Research and Therapy 2009
The status of hoarding as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Abramowitz JS; Wheaton MG; Storch EA. Behaviour Research and Therapy 2008
Compulsive Hoarding: OCD Symptom; Distinct Clinical Syndrome; or Both? Alberto Pertusa; Miguel A Fullana; Satwant Singh; Pino Alonso; José M. Menchón & David Mataix-Cols The American Journal of Psychiatry 2008
Pathological hoarding. Jefferys D; Moore KA Australian Family Physician 2008
A developmental and evolutionary perspective on obsessive-compulsive disorder: whence and whither compulsive hoarding? Leckman JF; Bloch MH. The American Journal of Psychiatry 2008
Sex-specific clinical correlates of hoarding in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Samuels JF; Bienvenu OJ; Pinto A; Murphy DL et al Behaviour Research and Therapy 2008
Neurobiology and treatment of compulsive hoarding. Saxena Sanjaya. CNS Spectrum. 2008
Recent advances in compulsive hoarding. Saxena Sanjaya Current Psychiatry Reports 2008
When does hoarding cross the line into obesssive-compulsive disorder. Aaron Levin. Psychiatry News. 2008
Hoarding in obsessive-compulsive disorder: results from the OCD Collaborative Genetics Study. Samuels JF; Bienvenu OJ 3rd; Pinto A; Fyer AJ et al Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2007
Expanded criteria proposed for compulsive hoarding diagnosis. Randy O Frost Clinical Psychiatry News 2006
Compulsive hoarding found common in GAD. Damian McNamara Clinical Psychiatry News 2006
The distinctiveness of compulsive hoarding from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Jessica R Grisham; Brown TA; Liverant GI; Campbell-Sills L. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 2005
Hoarding and its relation to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Wu KD; Watson D. Behaviour Research and Therapy 2005
Cerebral Glucose Metabolism in Obsessive-Compulsive Hoarding. Saxena Sanjaya; Arthur L Brody; M.D.; Karron M. Maidment et al. The American Journal of Psychiatry 2004
Obsessive-compulsive hoarding: Symptom severity and response to multimodal treatment. Sanjaya Saxena; Karron M Maidmont; Tanya Vapnik et al. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2002
Mood; personality disorder symptoms and disability in obsessive compulsive hoarders: a comparison with clinical and nonclinical controls. Randy O Frost; Gail Skeketee; Williams LF; Warren R. Behaviour Research and Therapy 2000
Hoarding in obsessive-compulsive disorder and related disorders: a preliminary report of 15 cases. Seedat S; Stein DJ Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 1999
Hoarding: a review. Stein DJ; Seedat S; Potocnik F. The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Science. 1999
Research publications on attachment and compusive hoarding
Formation of attachment to possessions in compulsive hoarding. Jessica R Grisham; Randy O Frost; Gail Skeketee; HJ Kim et al. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 2009
Reasons to accumulate excess: older adults who hoard possessions. Andersen E; Raffin-Bouchal S; Marcy-Edwards D. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2008
The value of possessions in compulsive hoarding: patterns of use and attachment. Randy O Frost; Tamara L Hartl; Christian R; Williams N. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 1995
The treatment of compulsive hoarding
Group cognitive and behavioural therapy and bibliotherapy for hoarding: A Pilot trial. Depress Anxiety Muroff J, Steketee G, Bratiois C, Ross A 2012
Group cognitive-behavioral therapy for hoarding disorder: an open trial. Behav Res Ther Gilliam CM, Norberg MM, Villavicencio A, Morrison S, Hannan SE, Tolin DF 2011
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for geriatric compulsive hoarding. Behav Res Ther Ayers CR, Wetherell JL, Golshan S, Saxena S 2011
Pharmacotherapy of compulsive hoarding. J Clin Psychiatry Saxena S 2011
Understanding and treating hoarding: a biopsychosocial perspective. J Clin Psychiatry Tolin DF 2011
Compulsive hoarding: current controversies and new directions. Dialogues Clin Neurosci Grisham JR, Norberg MM 2011
Compulsive hoarding. Bull Menninger Clin Gilliam CM, Tolin DF 2011
Waitlist-controlled trial of cognitive behavior therapy for hoarding disorder. Depress Anxiety Steketee G, Frost RO, Tolin DF, Rasmussen J, Brown TA. 2010
Family Informants’ Perceptions of Insight in Compulsive Hoarding. Cognitive therapy and research David F. Tolin, Kristin E. Fitch, Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee 2010
Treatment of hoarding. Frost RO. Expert Rev Neurother. 2010
Delivery of internet treatment for compulsive hoarding (D.I.T.C.H.). Muroff J, Steketee G, Himle J, Frost R. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2009
The hoarding syndrome: screening and treatment. Valente SM. Healthcare Nurse 2009
How and when to intervene in cases of severe domestic squalor. Snowdon J, Halliday G. Int Psychogeriatr 2009
Group cognitive and behavioral treatment for compulsive hoarding: a preliminary trial. Muroff J, Steketee G, Rasmussen J, Gibson A, Bratiotis C, Sorrentino C. Depression and Anxiety 2009
Family burden of compulsive hoarding: results of an internet survey. Tolin DF, Frost RO, Steketee G, Fitch KE. Behav Res Ther. 2008
A developmental and evolutionary perspective on obsessive-compulsive disorder: whence and whither compulsive hoarding? Leckman JF; Bloch MH. The American Journal of Psychiatry 2008
Neurobiology and treatment of compulsive hoarding. Saxena Sanjaya. CNS Spectrum. 2008
Paroxetine treatment of compulsive hoarding. Sanjaya Saxena; Brody AL.; Karron M Maidment; Baxter LR Jr. Journal of Psychiatric Research 2007
Treatment of compulsive hoarding Sanjaya Saxena; Karron M Maidment. American Psychiatric Association 2007
An open trial of cognitive-behavioural therapy for compulsive hoarding. David F Tolin; Randy O Frost; & Gail Skeketee. Behaviour Research and Therapy 2007
Paroxetine treatment of compulsive hoarding. Saxena Sanjaya; Brody AL; Maidment KM; Baxter LR Jr. Journal of Psychiatric Research 2006
The treatment of Compulsive Hoarding with Object-Fusion. Stephen Kellett. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 2006
Unclutter lives by breaking anxiety’s grip. Jamie Feusner & Sanjaya Saxena. Current Psychiatry. 2005
Cognitive and behavioral treatment of compulsive hoarding. Randy O Frost; Gail Skeketee. Brief Treatment And Crisis Intervention 2003
Compulsive hoarding: current status of the research. Gail Skeketee; Randy O Frost. Clinical Psychology Review 2003
Obsessive-compulsive hoarding: Symptom severity and response to multimodal treatment. Sanjaya Saxena; Karron M Maidmont; Tanya Vapnik et al. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2002
Group and individual treatment of compulsive hoarding: A pilot study. Gail Steketee; Randy O Frost; Jeff Wincze; Kamala AI Greene & Heidi Douglass. 2000
Cognitive-behavioral treatment of compulsive hoarding: a multiple baseline experimental case study. Tamara L Hartl & Randy O Frost. Behaviour Research and Therapy 1999
Obsessive-compulsive hoarding : A cognitive-behavioural approach R Shafran; F Tallis. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 1996
Research on brain imaging
The neural bases of acquisitiveness: decisions to acquire and discard everyday goods differ across frames, items, and individuals. Neurosychologica Wang JM, Seidler RD, Hall JL, Preston SD 2012
A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of inhibitory control in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Page LA, Rubia K, Deeley Q, Daly E, Toal F, Mataix-Cols D, Giampietro V, Schmitz N,
Murphy DG. Psychiatry Res 2009
To discard or not to discard: the neural basis of hoarding symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder. An SK; David Mataix-Cols; Lawrence NS; Wooderson S; Giampietro V; Speckens A; Brammer MJ; Phillips ML. Molecular Psychiatry 2009
Cerebral Glucose Metabolism in Obsessive-Compulsive Hoarding. Saxena Sanjaya; Arthur L Brody; M.D.; Karron M. Maidment et al. The American Journal of Psychiatry 2004
A neural basis for collecting behaviour in humans Steven Anderson, H Damasio, A Damasio Brain. 2004
Hoarding in families
Prevalence and heritability of compulsive hoarding: a twin study. Iervolino AC, Perroud N, Fullana MA, Guipponi M, Cherkas L, Collier DA, Mataix-Cols D. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 2009
Genetic susceptibility to obsessive-compulsive hoarding: the contribution of neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor type 3 gene. Alonso Pertusa; Gratacòs M; Menchón JM; Segalàs C; et al. Genes; brain and behaviour. 2008.
Further development of YBOCS dimensions in the OCD Collaborative Genetics study: symptoms vs. categories. Pinto A; Greenberg BD; Grados MA; Bienvenu OJ 3rd et al. Psychiatry Research. 2008
When does hoarding cross the line into obesssive-compulsive disorder. Aaron Levin. Psychiatry News. 2008
Significant linkage to compulsive hoarding on chromosome 14 in families with obsessive-compulsive disorder: Results from the OCD Collaborative Genetics Study. Samuels JF; Shugart YY; Grados MA; Willour VL et al. The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2007
Is compulsive hoarding a genetically and neurobiologically discrete syndrome? Implications for diagnostic classification. Saxena Sanjaya. The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2007
Hoarding in obsessive compulsive disorder: results from a case-control study. Samuels J; Bienvenu OJ 3rd; Riddle MA et al. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2002
Hoarding in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a report of 20 cases. Winsberg ME; Cassic KS; Koran LM. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 1999
DSM-V
Pathological hoarding by children and adolescents. Tijdchr Psychita Aerts et al 2012
Hoarding versus collecting: Where does pathology diverge from play? Clin Psychol Rev Nordsletten AE, Mataix-Cols D 2012
Do patients with hoarding disorder have autistic traits? Depress Anxiety Pertusa A, Bejerot S, Eriksson J, Fernández de la Cruz L, Bonde S, Russell A, Mataix-Cols D 2011
Diagnosis and Assessment of Hoarding Disorder. Diagnosis and Assessment of Hoarding Disorder Frost RO, Steketee G, Tolin DF 2011
Annual Research Review: Hoarding disorder: potential benefits and pitfalls of a new mental disorder. J Child Psychol Psychiatry Mataix-Cols D, Pertusa A 2011
Comorbidity in hoarding disorder. Depress Anxiety Frost RO, Steketee G, Tolin DF 2011
The epidemiology of the proposed DSM-5 hoarding disorder: exploration of the acquisition specifier, associated features, and distress. J Clin Psychiatry Timpano KR, Exner C, Glaesmer H, Rief W, Keshaviah A, Brähler E, Wilhelm S 2011
Testing the validity and acceptability of the diagnostic criteria for Hoarding Disorder: a DSM-5 survey. Psychol Med Mataix-Cols D, de la Cruz LF, Nakao T, Pertusa A 2011
Comparison of object and animal hoarding. Depress Anxiety Frost RO, Steketee G, Tolin DF 2011
Neuropsychological and neural correlates of hoarding: a practice-friendly review. J Clin Psychiatry Mataix-Cols D, Pertusa A, Snowdon J 2011
When hoarding is a symptom of OCD: a case series and implications for DSM-V. Behav Res Ther Pertusa A, Frost RO, Mataix-Cols D. 2011
Clinical features and treatment characteristics of compulsive hoarding in Japanese patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. CNS Spectr. Matsunaga H, Hayashida K, Kiriike N, Nagata T, Stein DJ. 2010
Hoarding disorder: a new diagnosis for DSM-V? Mataix-Cols D, Frost RO, Pertusa A, Clark LA, Saxena S, Leckman JF, Stein DJ, Matsunaga H, Wilhelm S. Depression and Anxiety 2010
Obsessive-compulsive disorder: a review of the diagnostic criteria and possible subtypes and dimensional specifiers for DSM-V. Leckman JF, Denys D, Simpson HB, Mataix-Cols D, Hollander E, Saxena S, Miguel EC, Rauch SL, Goodman WK, Phillips KA, Stein DJ. Depression and Anxiety 2010
Refining the diagnostic boundaries of compulsive hoarding: A critical review. Pertusa A, Frost RO, Fullana MA, Samuels J, Steketee G, Tolin D, Saxena S, Leckman JF, Mataix-Cols D. Clin Psychol Rev 2010
Assessment
Diagnosis and Assessment of Hoarding Disorder. Diagnosis and Assessment of Hoarding Disorder Frost RO, Steketee G, Tolin DF 2011
A brief interview for assessing compulsive hoarding: The Hoarding Rating Scale-Interview. Psychiatry Res Tolin DF, Frost RO, Steketee G. 2010