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A number of people helped us throughout the process of this work. The feedback and encouragement of our agent, Taryn Fagerness, was invaluable. Without her, we would have been lost. Several others provided editorial assistance along the way, including Andrea Schulz, Ellen Garrison, Cassandra Phillips, Lindsey Smith, and Erica Frost. We thank them for their helpful commentary.

Randy thanks his wife, Sue, for her support throughout the writing of this book, and his children, Erica and Olivia, whose interest and enthusiasm for this work keep it going.

Gail gives thanks and much credit to her husband, Brian, who patiently tolerated the endless hours she spent closeted away in her study writing. She also thanks her family and friends, who help keep her sane and focused on what matters in this world.

*Interestingly, Margaret Mead observed that about the time children are developing an understanding of the word "mine," they are able to walk and thus pose a menace to other people's things. In that context, they may be more likely to be punished for possession-related transgressions and as a result learn the meaning of ownership.

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*In one of our studies, we found a significant correlation between problem gambling and hoarding (Frost, Meagher, & Riskind, 2001).

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*Kiara Cromer and her colleagues at the National Institute of Mental Health followed up on this survey by comparing people with hoarding problems to people with OCD (but not hoarding). They theorized that since traumatic experiences have been associated with the development of several mental disorders, perhaps the association with hoarding is not specific. Among their hoarding group, 69 percent reported at least one traumatic life event, compared to 51 percent of the OCD group, although the events did not always coincide with the onset of hoarding.

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*We recently published a paper on the interpersonal difficulties of people with hoarding problems. Although hoarders had more interpersonal difficulties than people who had no psychological problems, they were no different from people who suffered from depression or other forms of anxiety (Grisham, Steketee, & Frost, 2008).

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