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1、ANALYSISANDCOMMENTARYHoarding,Hermitage,andtheLaw:WhyWeLovetheCollyerBrothersKennethJ.Weiss,MDInterestinhoardingbehaviorhasintensified,asitworksitswaythroughDSM-Vdeliberationsandtreatmentmodels.Meanwhile,bothdocumentariansandfictionwritershaveembracedaccountsofindividualswit
2、hdisposo-phobiaandromanticizedversionsoftheCollyerbrothers,theHermitsofHarlem.Inthisarticle,Iexaminetherangeofmediaandprofessionalattentiongiventohoardersandtheirproblemsandthenfocusonapotentialroleforforensicmentalhealthprofessionals.Thepsycholegalproblemsofhoardersincludeh
3、ealthandzoningcodeviolationsthatevolveintocriminalcharges,civilcommitment,questionsofanimalcruelty,landlord-tenantdisputes,divorceandcustodyevaluations,testamentarycapacity,andchild-neglectcharges.JAmAcadPsychiatryLaw38:251–7,2010Asachildinmid-centuryNewYork,Iheardmyinterest
4、afterHomer’sbodywasfoundandasearch4motherandmyfriends’mothersadmonish,“CleanforLangleyrevealedthathewasburied10feetfrom5upyourroomoryou’llendupliketheCollyerbroth-whereHomerhaddied.Notcleaningone’sroominers!”Okay,Iguessed,Iwouldnotwanttobelikethe1950s,then,wastobeheadeddownt
5、heslipperythem,whoevertheywere.Asitturnedout,theHer-slopetowardaCollyeresqueoutcome.1mitsofHarlemhadcapturedtheimaginationsofThebrothersweresonsofaneccentricgynecolo-NewYorkersasiconichermitsandhoardersholedupgist,HermanCollyer,whocanoedtoworkfrominaFifthAvenuehome.Mostfamou
6、sly,overde-HarlemtoBellevueHospital,andSusie,fromapa-cadestheyhadfilledthehugebrownstonewithpos-tricianHudsonValleyfamily;theparentswerefirstsessions,newspapers,andjustplainjunk.Aftertheircousins.Thebrotherslivedat2078FifthAvenuedeathsin1947,over130tonsofmaterialwasre-from19
7、09to1918withbothparentsandthenwithmoved.Therewassolittleofvaluethatthefewauc-theirmotheruntilherdeathin1929.Bythemselves2forthenext18yearsandlargelyoblivioustothetioneditemsfetchedonly$1,800.SopackedwasthehomeofHomer(aged64yearssignificantdemographicchangeinHarlem,theyatdeat
8、h)andLangley(aged61)Collyerthatthein-livedinaself-containedworldofbooks,pia
