just  gotta read this!

Dallas Morning News
Inside the hoarder's brain
Distinct differences found in study of obsessive-compulsive disorder patients
07:55 PM CDT on Sunday, June 6, 2004
By KAREN PATTERSON / The Dallas Morning News
Most people know what compulsive hoarding looks like on the outside. Piles of periodicals, clothes or
other clutter are so abundant a person can hardly function.
Now, scientists have glimpsed what such hoarding looks like on the inside. Inside the brain, that is.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/healthscience/stories/0607dnlivhoard.ec4d.html




Thanks Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC - -   See the Museum's Web Site at  www.smecc.org

We are always looking for items to add to the museum's display and ref. library  - please advise if you have anything we can use.

Coury House / SMECC
5802 W. Palmaire Ave.                          Phone    623-435-1522
Glendale Az 85301  USA



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