Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the meaning of things by Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee

The book Stuff profiles real hoarders whom the authors have studied for years. According to Randy Frost and Gail Steketee, they were the first scientists to study hoarding. Several examples are given including one of the more famous cases of the Collyer brothers who did their hoarding in Harlem during the first half of the 20th century.
Now T.V. shows and support groups have sprung up giving a once little known disorder national attention. COH or Children of Hoarders has a website: http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/
Television shows like TLC's Hoarding: Buried Alive: http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/hoarding-buried-alive/
and A&E's Hoarders: http://www.aetv.com/hoarders/index.jsp show just how disabiliting this problem can be for the hoarder and their families.