Gail Steketee is Professor Emerita at Boston University's School of Social Work where she served as Dean from 2005 through 2017. Her research has been featured in media outlets including the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, and CNN.
Christiana Bratiotis is an Associate Professor at The University of British Columbia School of Social Work in Vancouver, Canada. Her research has been highlighted by media outlets including the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune and CBC Radio.

• Chapter 1. What Is Hoarding And Hoarding Disorder?


• Chapter 2. What Are The Common Features Of Hoarding?


• Chapter 3. What Are The Neuro-Cognitive Features Of Hoarding?


• Chapter 4. What Is The Impact Of Hoarding On Sufferers, Families And Communities?


• Chapter 5. How Serious Is The Hoarding Problem?


• Chapter 6. Why Do People Hoard?


• Chapter 7. What Treatments Work Best For Hoarding And Acquiring?


• Chapter 8. How Can Family Members And Other Methods Help With Hoarding?


• Chapter 9. How Can Communities Help With Hoarding?


• Chapter 10. What Are The Next Steps To Understand And Treat Hoarding?

Hoarding disorder is the excessive saving of objects and difficulty parting with them to a point that clutter in the home interferes with one's ability to use rooms and furnishings for their intended purpose. Hoarding: What Everyone Needs to Know demystifies this complex problem, what it looks like and why it may develop, and how it can be treated.