Compulsive hoarding disorder is a lifestyle characterised by accumulating an abnormally large number of things of little value. These are kept in a chaotic manner, as opposed to in a tidy collection. When Compulsive Hoarding Disorder Needs Attention However this only … [Read more...]
Royal College of Psychiatrists Info for Hoarder Friends
If you are worried someone you know is developing, or has hoarding syndrome then this post is for you. What we provide here is only for information, and is not medical advice. You may however use this knowledge to help decide whether you need to consult a medical … [Read more...]
A Controversial Hoarding Statement from San Diego
University of California School of Medicine runs a comprehensive obsessive-compulsive disorders program. It singles out Hoarding Disorder as being excessive accumulation of clutter that renders living spaces uninhabitable. This phenomenon can affect the health and … [Read more...]
Hoarding in the Context of Seasonal Shortages
There’s evidence people may impulsively hoard more than they need, if they fear it may not be available at least for a while in future. This is different from compulsive hoarding where the objects may have no intrinsic value. However the dynamics are the similar and … [Read more...]
Dementia and Hoarding We Explore Sporadic Links
We should be careful not to assume a direct link between these two conditions. That’s because we know of people with the one, but not the other. None the less there are interesting things to learn where both are present. We provide this information in the general … [Read more...]
Compulsive Hoarding and Buying-Shopping Disorder: Some Common Ground
Psychologists, mathematicians and statisticians in Australia have investigated the factors behind object choice, and object attachment. They published their work in early January 2020 and so this is hot of the press. They wanted to know the extent that priming … [Read more...]
Imagine Plastic Waste Recycled as High Quality Plastic
A research group at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has developed an efficient process for breaking down any plastic waste at molecular level. The resulting gasses are reconstituted and morph into new plastics of high quality. This new process could transform … [Read more...]
A Post Code of Recycling Blunders in London
You might be forgiven for thinking London has its recycling ducks in a row. After all, it’s already close to hopelessly overcrowded, with an average 14,670 people crammed into every square mile. Therefore it makes sense to minimise land filling wherever … [Read more...]
Avery Associates Reviews – Large Family Home Cleared In Richmond
"We had to clear my late father's substantial property on Richmond Hill urgently to achieve a quick completion on sale. Jeffrey brought in a large team at short notice to clear a very considerable quantity of furniture including some very bulky items that had to be … [Read more...]
Avery Associates Reviews – Extreme Clearance, House And Artist Studio Wimbledon
Avery Associates - Latest Reviews I've used Avery Associates on two occasions. In 2011 to clear my late father's terraced house in Putney and in December 2018 a detached house in Wimbledon with a large studio workshop in a large garden with an outhouse. Both jobs … [Read more...]
