"But it's not a lifestyle choice, it's a mental health issue." Hoarding was recognised as a complex mental health condition ...

Between 1.3 – 3.3 million people in the UK are impacted by hoarding. (Getty Images) We're all guilty of holding onto items we no longer want or need - old concert tickets, the slightly too big shoes ...

The family of a woman living in a "dangerous environment" said they have turned to professionals to help her with her hoarding habits. The woman in her 80s, from Gloucestershire, who asked not to ...

Housing officers need better training or even specialist anti-hoarding teams to deal with hoarders – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. From environmental health and fire ...

Hoarding has for the first time been ­classified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a medical disorder. The WHO described the condition as “accumulation of possessions due to excessive ...

With up to five per cent of the population thought to be affected by hoarding - there’s a chance you, or someone you know, is a hoarder. Considered to be a mental health disorder, hoarding is not a ...

A lot of people think of hoarding as something extreme – a home crammed to the ceiling with possessions. But it tends to start gradually, and research has found it can begin in adolescence or even ...

UK residents are hoarding cash as they rush to build a safety net amid economic uncertainty and fears over power and internet outages, according to the Bank of England's chief cashier. Victoria ...

DEAR DEIDRE: MY husband’s hoarding problem is taking over our home. He’s incapable of throwing anything away and our garden now looks like a rubbish tip. Please ...