People with hoarding disorder fill homes with clutter

 
By Heather Warlick
Published: November 27, 2007

When Janice Williams finds an item she wants, she doesn't buy one. She buys cases.

When she shops for food, she feels a compulsion to buy far more than she needs as a single woman in Norman . She buys enough fruits and vegetables for a small army and has filled a pantry with enough boxed and canned goods to survive a nuclear winter.

For Williams, just finding room for all the items she buys is a challenge. Her...


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