Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding: Why You Save and How You Can Stop

This book, the first ever written for savers & their families, provides an overview of compulsive hoarding & how it relates to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It discusses hoarding broadly, offering readers perspectives on the physical, behavioral, & value-oriented aspects of the condition. You can use its assessment tools to help decide why you or your loved one hoards. Skill-building exercises help you determine how to beat the hoarding problem by addressing issues that often underlie compulsive saving. Even though this is fundamentally a self-help book, it contains a frank discussion about the need for professional help in some hoarding cases, how to find it, & what medications have been proven effective for savers.

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Fugen Neziroglu, Ph.D., ABBP, is a board-certified cognitive & behavior psychologist involved in the research & treatment of anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, trichotillomania, hoarding, body dysmorphic disorder, & hypochondriasis at the Bio-Behavioral Institute in Great Neck, NY.

Jerome Bubrick, Ph.D., is a behavior & cognitive psychologist specializing in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders & hoarding in children & adults at Bio-Behavioral Institute in Great Neck, NY.

Jose Yaryura-Tobias, MD, is a biological psychiatrist & an internist with over forty years experience.