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| | Reasons for Hoarding |
 | | In a recent model of compulsive hoarding, Frost and Hard (1996) hypothesize that there is a set of beliefs ahout possessions that arises during a decision-making process which leads the hoarder to save indiscriminately in order to prevent the occurrence of a negative outcome of discarding. | | | Compulsive hoarding has been defined as the *acquisition of, and failure to discard, possessions which appear to he useless or of limited value* (Frost & Gross, 1993, p.367), and occurs in ahout one quarter to one third of all OCD cases (Frost et al., 1996). | | | The Hoarding Scale is a 24 item version of the original Frost and Gross (1993) Hoarding Scale. |
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http://sophia.smith.edu/~rfrost/reasons.poster.html
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| | Hoarding Fact Sheet - Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health |
| | Frost, R. and Hartl, T. "A Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Compulsive Hoarding." | | | Y began collecting and hoarding tools, parts and other equipment. | | | Hoarding is the excessive collection and retention of things or animals until they interfere with day-to-day functions such as home, health, family, work and social life. |
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http://www.la4seniors.com/hoarding.htm
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| | Compulsive hoarding - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch |
| | There may be an overlap with a condition known as impulse control disorder (ICD), particularly when compulsive hoarding is linked to compulsive buying or acquisition behaviour. | | | However, some people displaying compulsive hoarding behaviour show no other signs of what is usually considered to be OCD, OCPD or ICD. | | | Compulsive hoarding (or pathological hoarding) is a term which is used to describe extreme hoarding behaviour in humans. |
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http://encyclopedia.worldsearch.com/compulsive_hoarding.htm
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| | The Infinite Mind: Hoarding and Clutter |
| | Saxena points out that hoarding behavior is found in people with anorexia, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease and dementia, and among people with mental retardation, but that most often it's associated with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. | | | To learn more about his work, call (310) 208-4071 or visit the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder page on the UCLA website. | | | Frost defines hoarding as the acquisition and saving of unneeded items to the point that it causes significant distress, and says that sometimes hoarding can even preclude the use of furniture and spaces. |
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http://www.lcmedia.com/mind355.htm
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| | Gerontologic Environmental Modifications >> Hoarding |
| | Based on what we know about this problem, we have proposed a Cognitive Behavioral Model of Compulsive Hoarding. | | | Although we cannot yet determine the ultimate cause of compulsive hoarding, we do know enough about the problem to develop some theories about it. | | | This model suggests that hoarding is based on 5 interrelated deficits or problems: |
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http://www.cornellaging.com/gem/hoa_faq.html
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| | ADC: Current Research |
| | Compulsive hoarding is a problem of excessive clutter in one's home, usually associated with severe difficulty discarding items and/or acquiring an excessive number of items that one does not actually need. | | | People who have a problem with compulsive hoarding, but do not meet criteria for this study may still be eligible to participate in future research and are welcome to contact us for more information. | | | People may participate in this study if they live within 30 minutes' drive of Boston or Hartford, have a problem with excessive clutter along with difficulty discarding or bringing unnecessary items into the home, and are not taking psychiatric medications. |
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http://www.instituteofliving.org/adc/current_research_studies.htm
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| | ADC: Compulsive Hoarding |
| | Most medications that are useful for OCD do not appear to be as useful for compulsive hoarding. | | | Compulsive hoarding is thought by many to be a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). | | | Click here if you would like to receive information by mail or e-mail about compulsive hoarding, a list of hoarding treatment providers nationwide, information about upcoming research studies, and announcements for new self-help references for compulsive hoarding. |
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http://www.instituteofliving.org/ADC/compulsive_hoarding.htm
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| | What is Compulsive Hoarding? |
| | People with compulsive hoarding often have problems such as: | | | Many people with compulsive hoarding do not recognize how bad the problem really is; often, it is a family member who is most bothered by the clutter. | | | Right now, compulsive hoarding is considered by many researchers to be a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder. |
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http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200411/tows_past_20041118_b.jhtml
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| | Understanding Hoarding. |
| | "I was recently reminded of a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) known as "compulsive hoarding" when..." | | | Give your opinion on what you think is the most Adequate Name for Hoarding. | | | Find out more about what Hoarding means - Look through the Useful links - Give FeedBack and add information - Add your personal story. |
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http://understanding_ocd.tripod.com/index_hoarding.html
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| | Animal hoarding: A public health problem veterinarians can take a lead role in solving - October 15, 2002 |
| | An article that appeared in Psychiatric Times suggests that animal hoarding may be symptomatic of psychologic disorders such as dementia, addiction, attachment disorder, or obsessive-compulsive disorder. | | | According to the consortium, hoarding denotes a pathological condition, while collecting denotes a benign hobby. | | | Patronek explained that individuals who are prone to animal hoarding often seek out veterinarians and other people who work with animals. |
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http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/oct02/021015a.asp
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| | Understanding and Treating Hoarding |
| | Severe hoarding is often a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder, which afflicts as many as 3% of Americans at some point in their lives. | | | Hoarding is a subtype of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). | | | "Many of the professional organizers have an understanding of hoarding, and they are doing some of the things a therapist would do," said Dr. Sanjaya Saxena, director of research at UCLA's Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Research and Treatment Program. |
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http://www.anxietyandstress.com/sys-tmpl/hoarding
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| | Bio-Behavioral Institute Disorders Body Dysmorphic Disorder |
| | The following are some common characteristics within compulsive hoarding: | | | Compulsive hoarding is a complex psychological disorder that can significantly disrupt a person's life. | | | Hoarding occurs when a person acquires and saves possessions that have either little or no value (or have some perceived value), and the person then has great difficulty in discarding their possessions. |
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http://www.bio-behavioral.com/hoarding.asp
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| | Lawmakers tackle animal hoarding - May 1, 2003 |
| | Some experts on hoarding believe animal hoarding may be caused by serious psychological problems, akin to obsessive-compulsive disorders. | | | Hoarding cases often involve extreme cruelty and neglect. | | | Good animal hoarding laws can help prevent repeat offenders, according to experts; however, early intervention is key to reducing the suffering of the animals and people involved in these cases. |
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http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/may03/030501f.asp
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| | Gerontologic Environmental Modifications >> Hoarding |
| | Although compulsive hoarding usually starts in young adulthood, it becomes particularly problematic later in life due to increased fall and fire risk. | | | Without a proper understanding of the psychosocial issues and reasons for hoarding, forced clean-outs, which can be costly, are often unsuccessful: dwellings revert back to an uninhabitable level within a relatively short period of time. | | | As our population ages, hoarding has been increasingly recognized as a complex mental health problem that threatens the health, safety, and dignity of older adults. |
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http://www.cornellaging.org/gem/hoarding_index.html
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| | When collecting becomes hoarding |
| | The most widely accepted working definition of severe hoarding, promulgated by Smith College psychology professor Randy O. Frost and his colleagues who study the problem, is the steady and often-compulsive acquisition of things that appear to be useless or of limited value, coupled with a failure to discard them. | | | People with serious hoarding problems also seem to have inordinate difficulty making decisions, a key component of organizing. | | | Even to the untrained eye, hoarding looks very different from messiness or collecting. |
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http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2000/12/27/tem_when_collecting.html
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| | USATODAY.com - The danger of hoarding |
| | Hoarding is currently considered one of the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). | | | It's unclear how widespread hoarding is, since the problem often surfaces only after a neighbor's complaint or a medical emergency. | | | Though having a big mess is a far cry from pathological hoarding, such behavior appears to be on a continuum. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-02-18-hoarding-usat_x.htm
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| | OCF's Hoarding Web site: Hoarding Web site Introduction |
| | Before the early 1990's, there was virtually no research on compulsive hoarding. | | | As a result of recent media coverage of hoarding, interest among sufferers and family members has increased as well. | | | OCF's Hoarding Web site: Hoarding Web site Introduction |
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| | ADC: Compulsive Hoarding |
| | Compulsive hoarding is thought by many to be a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). | | | Click here if you would like to receive information by mail or e-mail about compulsive hoarding, a list of hoarding treatment providers nationwide, information about upcoming research studies, and announcements for new self-help references for compulsive hoarding. | | | Most medications that are useful for OCD do not appear to be as useful for compulsive hoarding. |
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http://www.instituteofliving.org/ADC/compulsive_Hoarding.HTM
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| | UOCHD: Useful Links Concerning OCHD. |
| | ARTICLE: By Fred Penzel, Ph.D. "I was recently reminded of a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) known as "compulsive hoarding" when a patient brought me an article from a British newspaper that jokingly looked into the homes of several people afflicted with this problem. | | | Hoarding Defined: Compulsive Acquisition Plus Failure to Discard Equals Chaos and Dysfunction. | | | "Within the extant literature on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), there are few studies on compulsive hoarding. |
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http://understanding_ocd.tripod.com/hoarding3_links.html
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| | OCF's Hoarding Web Site: Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome - An Introduction |
| | Compulsive hoarding syndrome may represent a subgroup or variant of OCD that is caused by different genetic and familial factors than non-hoarding OCD. | | | Those people who report compulsive hoarding as their primary type of OCD, who experience significant distress or functional impairment from their hoarding, and who also have symptoms of indecisiveness, procrastination, and avoidance, are classified as having compulsive hoarding syndrome. | | | Hoarding behaviors can occur in a variety of psychiatric disorders and in the normal population, but are most commonly found in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). |
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| | ScienCentral Video News: Hoarding |
| | Without a structured approach to treating compulsive hoarding, those who suffer from it will continue to be referred to fire departments or health departments, where they're generally given ultimatums to clear out their homes or face eviction. | | | No case of compulsive hoarding is more famous than that of the Collyer brothers, Langley and Homer, once residents of a fashionable Harlem neighborhood. | | | He devised a study comparing the brain scans of those with no disorders, those with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) (characterized by a compulsion to act on anxieties) and those with Obsessive-Compulsive Hoarding. |
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http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?type=article&article_id=218392362
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| | Michael Tompkins, PhD, Presentations |
| | "Compulsive Hoarding in Older Adults," workshop, Division of Social Services, County of Marin, San Rafael, CA, January 30, 2004. | | | "Compulsive Hoarding in Older Adults," workshop, Corporation of Supportive Housing, San Mateo, CA, January 26, 2004. | | | "Compulsive Hoarding: Tips for Helping and Living with pack Rats," Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, CA, February 12, 2004. |
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http://www.sfbacct.com/presentations/MT_presentations.html
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| | FuturePundit: Compulsive Hoarders Have Unique Brain Scan Patterns |
| | Compulsive hoarding is the primary source of impairment in 10 percent to 20 percent of OCD patients. | | | Compulsive hoarding is one of several symptom clusters associated with OCD. | | | PET scans show that compulsive hoarding is caused by a different neurological phenomenon than other types of obsessive compulsive behavior. |
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http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/002156.html
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| | LONIR: LONI Resource Collaboration |
| | Pilot functional neuroimaging data from our research team suggest that patients with the compulsive hoarding syndrome have significantly lower rates of glucose metabolism in the anterior and posterior cingulate gyrus than normal controls and non-hoarding OCD patients, and that cingulate metabolism is negatively correlated with the severity of compulsive hoarding/saving symptoms. | | | A better understanding of the neurobiology of compulsive hoarding is required to develop more effective treatments for this syndrome. | | | The objectives of the proposed research are to confirm and extend these preliminary findings in a more definitive study with a larger and more homogeneous sample of subjects selected prospectively, and also to identify structural neuroanatomical and neurocognitive abnormalities associated with the compulsive hoarding syndrome. |
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http://www.loni.ucla.edu/NCRR/Collaboration/LONIR_CollabAbstract.jsp?collaboration_id=163
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| | Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors and Disorders: Symptoms, Treatment, and Support |
| | Compulsive hoarding is defined as “the excessive collection and retention of things or animals until they interfere with day-to-day functions such as home, health, family, work and social life” and is considered a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). | | | Study Sheds Light on Compulsive Hoarding – A broadcast on compulsive hoarding discusses recent research developments linking low activity of a particular part of the brain and the presence of compulsive hoarding behaviors. | | | Recognition and Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – Written for physicians, this comprehensive article describes OCD diagnostic symptoms and treatments. |
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http://www.helpguide.org/mental/obsessive_compulsive_disorder_ocd.htm
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| | Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding |
| | The most common reason for evictions in the US and a significant risk factor for fatal house fires, compulsive hoarding is a treatable condition related to obsessive-compulsive disorder. | | | This book, the first ever written for savers and their families, provides an overview of compulsive hoarding and how it relates to obsessive-compulsive disorder. | | | Although the much-satirized image of a house overflowing with National Geographics and infested with cats may make us chuckle, the reality of compulsive hoarding is no laughing matter. |
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http://www.newharbinger.com/productdetails.cfm?SKU=349x
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| | Annual Vulnerable Adult Conference |
| | Each participant will attend the breakout session on the Treatment of Compulsive Hoarding and Psychological Reports for Non-Psychologists. Treatment of Compulsive Hoarding workshop will present the basic features of a newly developed treatment protocol for compulsive hoarding. | | | Immediately following the opening keynote address, Wendy Lustbader, MSW, will deliver a plenary session on implications for social workers on issues related to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and hoarding by vulnerable adults. | | | The second day of the conference will begin with a keynote address presented by Dr. Gary Patronek, which will focus on animal hoarding as an under-recognized public health problem in the difficult to study vulnerable adult population. |
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http://www.sc.edu/ccfs/dsstraining/vulnerableadultconference.html
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| | Psychology of Organization Organize your Life |
| | The SI-R appears to be an appropriate instrument for assessing symptoms of compulsive hoarding in clinical and non-clinical samples. | | | Compulsive Hoarding is a behavioral disorder, which effects many people. | | | The present study investigated the relation of compulsive hoarding to other obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms in a sample of 162 patients with OCD. |
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http://www.organizeyourlife.us/default.aspx?p=99692
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| | Calendar of Events |
| | Compulsive hoarding is a common and potentially disabling problem, characterized by the accumulation of excessive clutter, to the point that parts of one's home can no longer be used for their intended purpose. | | | Dr. David F. Tolin, founder and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at The Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital, recognized expert in compulsive hoarding and a National Institutes of Health sponsored researcher on this topic, will discuss the phenomenon of compulsive hoarding and provide a framework for understanding this challenging problem. | | | He will also discuss new approaches to the treatment of hoarding and describe the compulsive hoarding program at the Institute of Living's Anxiety Disorders Center. |
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http://www.harthosp.org/calendar/display.asp?mode=nohead&eventid=210
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