S3E115: Part III: Digital Hoarding
Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she discussed digital hoarding with guest expert, Dr. Nick Neave, Ph.D., out of the UK. Nick explains how hoarding behaviors— whether physical or digital— arise from an emotional attachment, fear of loss, and difficulty discarding items, which can impair daily functioning. We discuss how accumulation of emails, files or photos, can be driven by decision paralysis and social norms that encourage saving data along with the dangers and/or challenges it can pose. Nick shares about the development of the Digital Hoarding Questionnaire (DHQ), emerging research and current resources. So join for the learning and stay for the hope, because awareness is half the battle!
Resources & Citations:
To learn more about Dr. Nick Neave, Ph.D.: Northumbria University, UK, click here.
To request a copy of the Digital Hoarding Questionnaire (DHQ), email Nick here: nick.neave@northumbria.ac.uk
To learn more about the Hoarding Research Group, please click here.
To learn more about the article cited by Data Center Dynamics, click here.
To check out That Hoarder: Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding Podcast, click here.
To learn more about how Hoarding Disorder Affects Families and resources compiled by the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF), click here.
