San Francisco Bay Area Internet Guide
      for Extreme Hoarding Behavior
         
Clutterers Syndrome or Pack Rat Syndrome

       http://www.hoarders.org

Supported by Peninsula Community Services, Inc.

Hoarding


Bay Area Resources












Self-Help



Families and Children


Books



More.....

Linda Merrifield, RN, MPH - Editor of www.hoarders.org





An Extreme Hoarder's Worst Nightmare

 

Annual Conference National Study Group on
Chronic Disorganization Features

Daniel G. Amen, MD Award winning physician, psychiatrist,

best-selling author of Change Your Brain Change Your Life

 
http://www.marketvolt.com/custapp/cv.aspx?cm=77329138&x=60646754&cust=3785301

  A&E "Obsessed' Video, June 2009
Program features two stories, Russ/Karen- one story features mainly hoarding and the other acute anxiety.
With Cognitive Behavior Treatment (CBT) both makes significant improvements after a few months.

 http://www.aetv.com/obsessed/video/index.jsp?bcpid=21711659001&bclid=26372543001&bctid=26408980001

VIDEO
"Possessed" enters the complicated world of four hoarders
by Mark Hamilton
 
 

The San Francisco Task Force on Compulsive Hoarding Issues Final Report
   
"Beyond Overwhelmed:
The Impact of Compulsive Hoarding and Cluttering in San Francisco
Recommendations to Reduce Negative Impacts and Improve Care."

Co-chaired by the San Francisco Department of Aging & Adult Services & the Mental Health Association of San Francisco,  the Task Force estimates that 15-25,000 people in San Francisco suffer from compulsive hoarding, resulting in costs of over $6 million  per year, not counting the injuries, evictions, job loss, homelessness, and other costs borne by people with hoarding behaviors.
                   

Do you or a loved one have a serious problem with hoarding?
       Take this quiz:
      Ten Point Hoarding Quiz 
  

ARE YOU A PERSON WHO HOARDS?
Check out some  wise TIPS for beginning to clean out
from other hoarding people who have joined support groups.

Click this link for wise TIPS

Special Web Sites for Hoarders
Helping Hoarders 
with Severe Hoarding Problems
http://www.helpinghoarders.com/index.html  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Encouragement, and advice for people who hoard
http://www.squalorsurvivors.com/index.shtml

How to Talk to Someone with Hoarding: Do’s and Don’ts
The Do's and Don'ts page

Living Your Best Life by Peter Walsh/Oprah Show 2008/9
http://www.oprah.com/oafhost/pwalsh

          Oprah Show Inside the Lives of Hoarders November 2007
For Further Information Follow This Link

Well Known Therapist with Hoarding Specialty
Opens Private Practice in Saratoga
~ Tamara Hartl, Ph.D. ~
 is a cognitive-behavioral therapist specializing in
compulsive hoarding and anxiety disorders.
She works with individuals with:
OCD, panic disorder, social phobia, and a variety of other conditions.
www.drtamarahartl.com
18809 Cox Ave in Saratoga, CA
(408) 603-9857

If you  know of an event that should be listed here or to contact us for any question or comment,
please click below.

LINKING POLICY AND
 DISCLAIMER OF ENDORSEMENT

www.Hoarders.org web site contains links to sites that are not maintained by PCS, Inc.. We  are not responsible for the content of those sites. Linked sites may change without our knowledge. The inclusion of such links in our web site does not imply endorsement of the sites or their content but is provided as a service to our users. The presence of a link is not an endorsement of the site.  
We make no representations whatsoever about any other web sites that you may access through this one. PCS, Inc. does not accept any responsibility for the content, or the use, of such site. It is your responsibility to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use is free of such items as viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other items of a destructive nature.
In no event will PCS, Inc. be liable to any party for any personal, direct, indirect, special or other consequential damages for any use of this web site, or on any other linked web site, including, without limitation, any lost profits, business interruption, loss of programs or other data on your information handling system.

 

New Additions: 6/29/09