Audio
Archive
2013
January
February
March
April
May
2012
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2011
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2010
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2009
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2008
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2007
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Subscribe
May. 14, 2010
Hoarding
Click 
to enlarge images
to enlarge images
|
|
Tweet |
| Got stuff? Got more and more and more stuff? We'll talk about the psychology of compulsive hoarding -- the excessive collection of objects that a person is psychologically unable to discard. Draft revisions for DSM-V (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) suggest listing compulsive hoarding as a separate disorder, not merely a subset of Obsessive Compulsive behavior. We'll talk about the condition, and what is known about the psychology of hoarders. |
Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
Guests
-
Randy O. Frost
Author, "Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things," (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010)
Professor of Psychology
Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts
RELATED READING
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
by Randy O. Frost, Gail Steketee
ADVERTISEMENT
RELATED BLOG POSTS
- Predicting Storms, Electroshock Therapy, Germaphiles, and More
Each week we’ll round up links to science stories or studies that blow our mind, tickle our funny bone, or generally strike our ...
- Meet Susan Barry, Neurobiologist and 3D Visionary
Susan Barry could only see in two dimensions until age 48, when her life changed forever.
- Smuggled Dinosaurs, Sick Sea Otters, Hairy Tongues, and More
Each week we’ll round up links to science stories or studies that blow our mind, tickle our funny bone, or generally strike our ...
- Is Cooking Baked Into Our Biology?
According to the "cooking hypothesis," the advent of cooked food altered the course of human evolution.
Discussion