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Boston.com - November 30, 2008
Cambridge reaches out to those who
can't stop hoarding.
American Public Media-Weekend America-
November 29, 2008
The Tragedy of Stuff,
Columbus Ohio,
November 24, 2008
Buried in stuff? Overwhelmed? Want to try a
hoarding support group?
Great commentary!
Local -12.com, Cincinnati Ohio, November
14, 2008
Help For Those Who Hoard
Video of a hoarding related fire in
Mt Auburn
Lawrence, Kansas -Lawrence Journal
World.com
October 13, 2008
When a pack rat
goes overboard...
by Sarah Henning
Some cities, including Topeka,
Wichita and
Kansas City suburbs have task forces
devoted to the problem of hoarding. Lawrence doesn’t have a task
force, but Jocelyn Lyons,
management team leader for the Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging,
says that her group has
discussed starting a task force for Douglas County.
September 3rd, 2008 by Betty Louise & Leslie Ameel
Back to School: De-Clutter and Get Organized Inside Out
http://womenonair.biz/blog/2008/09/03/back-to-school-de-clutter-and-get-organized-inside-out/
Desert News, Salt Lake City August
19, 2008
Can't buy me love — Define
emotions, spiritual life before you declutter
By Susan Whitney
Ozarks FIRST.com, Pleasant Hope, MO. August 13, 2008
Understanding Why
People Hoard
Article and Video re 363 Animals, 6 Kids and 12 Trailers
http://ozarksfirst.com/content/fulltext/?cid=47901
Canada Leader Post August 13, 2008
Court
orders Regina cat hoarder banned for life from owning cats.
House was demolished after 40 cats, many of which were injured,
sick or dead, were removed .
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/index.html
Kansas City Hoarding Conference
August 8, 2008
Psychiatric News June 6,
2008
Psychiatr News 2008 43: 35-a-41
Clinical &
Research News
When
Does Hoarding Cross Line Into Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
by Aaron Levin
Hoarding may be a psychiatric symptom, but is it just one part
of obsessive-compulsive disorder or does it stand alone?
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/43/11/35-a
See also:
http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/400212
St Clair County Journal,
Collinsville, Illinois - June 9, 2008
Recidivism high among animal hoarders
by Aaron Sudholt
A Swansea woman arrested last month on an outstanding traffic warrant was
hoarding
29 animals in the van she lived in, police say.
http://stclairjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2008/06/10/news/doc484d40a0b0e21084559666.txt
Globe Correspondent
/ June 7, 2008
Tenants
displaced by fire irked at neighbors
Officials say pair hoarded gasoline to avoid cost hikes
State law limits the amount of gasoline that can be stored in a home,
including attached garages, to one quart, ..
Up to a gallon of gasoline can be kept in a shed or unattached garage
that is at least 50 feet away from the home, ..
and all gas must be kept in approved containers.
By Jonnelle Marte
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/06/07/tenants_displaced_by_fire_irked_at_neighbors/
The Daily Sentinel,
Grand Junction, Co., May 25, 2008
Mentality to amass might be disorder
by Le Roy Standish
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/04/22/042308_1b_Winder_psychology.html
County set to seize junk-filled lot
http://www.gjsentinel.com
National Public Health Week
The Wicked Local Newton Tab and Daily
News Tribune April 8, 2008
Public health issues last longer than
a week
By Guest Column / I. David Naparstek
http://www.wickedlocal.com/newton/news/lifestyle/columnists/x1277308212
The Daily News Tribune, April 8, 2008
Messiness can be harmless, but hoarding
can be a sign of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder
Kristen Gerencher's health blog
notes this commentary after an interview with the SFMHA Director.
Social Work Today, Vol.
6 No.3 P.27 May/June, 2006 Inside the World of the Compulsive Hoarder
by by Mathew Robb, MSW, LCSW-C It's not just a matter of excessive collecting—compulsive hoarding
can be a life-threatening behavior.
http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/swmay2006p7.html
Winnipeg Sun, October 24, 2007
Hoarder Now Healed
By Shannon Vanraes, Sun Media
"In late September an eviction notice
forced him to clean house,
a tough process he has documented and eventually hopes to make a film
about. ...
He said he wasn’t angry with his landlord, adding the eviction notice
was the push
he needed to change his life. "
http.unclutterer.com, October 7,
2007
Growing up in a hoarding household
http://unclutterer.com/archives/2007/10/reader_elizabeth_explains_the.php
Am
J Psychiatry 164:1435, September 2007
Letter to the Editor:
Compulsive
Hoarding and OCD: Two Distinct Disorders?
DANIEL S.
VAN GROOTHEEST, M.D. and DANIELLE C. CATH, M.D., Ph.D.
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/164/9/1435
Hoarding Studied, July 29, 2007
Dr. David Tolin, Director of the Institute for Living told....
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-
20070729-22445600-bc-us-hoarders.xml
GateHouse News Service,Reading,
MA, May 31, 2007
By Dan O'Leary, The Senior Advocate
My good friend’s house is extremely cluttered. I’m not sure if she would be
classified as a hoarder,
but she definitely has a problem. Do you have any suggestions on how I might
help her.
http://www.townonline.com/reading/opinion/x1856463940
HamptonRoads.com
May 29,2007
Virginia
Beach identifies hoarders, helps them overcome compulsion:
By
Susan E. White,
The Virginian-Pilot
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=125578&ran=223852
British TV Show, May
2007
World of Compulsive Hoarders
Program Highlights
http://library.digiguide.com/lib/uk-tv-highlight/World+of+Compulsive+Hoarders-406
http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/reality-tv/world-of-compulsive-hoarders/
The Herald - Glasgow, Scotland,UK,
May 3, 2007
Get
this straight: it’s painful viewing
By David Belcher
A review of a British TV show on Compulsive Hoarding
"It's usually a terribly private condition, hoarding. Self-isolating loneliness;
the valuing of property over people. A suit of armour; ..."
Comments and information
Saving the
world
By Fred Penzel,PhD
http://www.homestead.com/westsuffolkpsych/Hoarding.html
U.S.
News & World Report, May 4, 2007.
Compulsive Hoarding -Not
all obsessive compulsive disorders are the same
By Helen Fields 8/31/04
Discusses Saxena research
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/briefs/mentalhealth/hb040831a.htm
ABC
News, May 4, 2007
Medical
Mystery :Compulsive Hoarders
By CecileBouchardeau
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2790669&page=1
Globe Staff Boston.com / News Boston Globe, April 2, 2007
"Buried
alive"
By Carey Goldberg,
Be sure to click on
- How cluttered is your living space and Give a number to your space.
Reference to Buried in Treasures by Tolin, Frost and Steketee
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2007/04/02/buried_alive/?
p1=MEWell_Pos4
The Press-Enterprise,
March 16, 2007
Norco
wins out in tug of war with 'hoarders'
By
SONJA BJELLAND
Work crews pulled several tons of junk Thursday from a
5½-acre Norco lot that's home
to two brothers who have amassed
a collection of scrap metal, computer parts, old car batteries,
electrical wires
and rotting food over the past 20 years.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_H_hoard16.41d0c31.html
Am J Psychiatry 164:380-384,
March 2007
Is Compulsive Hoarding a Genetically and Neurobiologically Discrete Syndrome?
Implications for Diagnostic Classification
Editorial: By
Sanjaya
Saxena, M.D.
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/164/3/380
From
Reader's Digest, March 2007
The Hoarding Syndrome -- When Clutter Goes Out Of Control.
By Deborah Branscum
Saving stuff
is normal. Sometimes, though, it can go too far.
http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=34091
The Mid Week News/Northern Illinois, January 13, 2007
Services look for warning signs of self neglect
By Diane Strand
http://www.midweeknews.com/articles/2007/01/31/local/de%20kalb_county/dekalbcounty01.txt
AARP
Magazine, Jan/Feb 2007
Conquering Clutter
By David Dudley
Comprehensive article on cleaning out as the older generation is faced with
moving to smaller quarters.
References Jeanne Smith Professional organizer in the Greater SF Bay Area and
R.Frosts
description of problematic cluttering.
http://www.aarpmagazine.org/lifestyle/conquer_clutter.html
ABC News, Jan 18, 2007
Squalor Syndrome: Living Happily Among, Cat, Fleas and Filth
By
Susan Donaldson James
Hoarding occurs in about 1 to 2 percent of the population, according to Randy
Frost, a psychology
professor at Smith
College
who wrote "Buried Treasures," a self-help book for hoarders.
About 10 percent of hoarders display the rarer Diogenes syndrome.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2799460&page=1
ABC News, January 16, 2007
Medical Mystery : Compulsive Hoarding
By Cecile Bouchardeau
A Psychological Compulsion to Save Everything, Even When It Ruins Your Life
See Prime Time: Medical Mysteries
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2790669&page=1
oprah.com,
2006
By
Julie Morgenstern
Professional Organizers What Causes Your Clutter?
Take the
quiz and click on Home >Organizing for lots of organizing tips.
http://www2.oprah.com/foodhome/home/housekeeping/
home_julie_clutter_quiz.jhtml
Utah
Deseret Morning News,
December 18, 2006
Hoarders just can't let go. Fear of loss may drive those with disorder to shop
and stash
By
Elaine Jarvik
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650215920,00.html
NorthJersey.com,
December 17, 2006
When neighbor has a hoarder disorder by Virginia Rohan, Staff
Writer.
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3NDAmZmdiZWw3Zjd
2cWVlRUV5eTcwMzczMTQmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky
Washington
Post, December 15, 2006
Hoarding could mean OCD
By
Marguerite Kelly
"Our son, almost 9, sometimes falls to pieces when we throw away..."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/14/AR2006121401555.html
The
Argus, Sussex,UK, November 27, 2006
Hoarder Ruth Addicott
frees herself of her junk,
By
Ruth Addicott
http://www.theargus.co.uk/lifehealth/reallife/display.
var.1044154.0.thats_not_junk_its_my_life_story.php
Fredericksburg, Virginia,
The Free Lance-Star,
November 5, 2006
Hoarding has
its problems
By
ROB HEDELT
Clean the
junk out of your house now, or realize others will be grumbling at
you.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/112006/11052006/234053/index_html?page=1
Orange County Register, October 25, 2006
Grabbing hoarding by the horns
By Frank Mickadeit,editor and daily columnist
More on Task Forces on Hoarding
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/columns/article_1328946.php
October 24, 2006
SRI medication effective in treating compulsive hoarding patients
In a
paper published on-line in advance of publication in the Journal of Psychiatric
Research,
Sanjaya Saxena, M.D.,
Director of the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (OCD)
Program
at the
University
of California, San Diego (UCSD)
School of Medicine, reports the surprising
finding that the serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) medication, paroxetine,
is
effective in
treating patients with compulsive hoarding syndrome.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-10/uoc--sme102406.php
Hampton Roads News, Sept. 22, 2006
Elderly couple
dies in fire probably due to overload of homes contents fueling the fires
intensity-Norfolk, VA, USA...
The city's Hoarding
Services Support Group was formed a
month later.
... On average, the
Fairfax group gets 80 to 120
hoarding
calls a year,
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=111501&ran=84235
salon.com, May 24,2006
By Cary Tennis
My wife is a compulsive hoarder.
http://archive.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/05/24/hoarder/index.html
MSNBC Story, February 2006
"Today"
contributor Dr. Gail Saltz tells a wife that her husband may not be a slob,
but
suffering from a mental illness.
Can I stop my
husband from hoarding junk? - Today: Relationships ...
ABC News,
February
11, 2006
"Compulsive
Hoarders Can't Throw Things Away"
Dr. Phil
Show, 2/2006
"Throw It
Out"
Washington Post,
December 8,
2005; Page VA20
"Stockpiling Run Rampant"
By Timothy
Dwyer
FIRE DANGERS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/07/AR2005120701262.html
Discover Magazine, on line, October, 2004
The Psychology of . . . Hoarding
by Mary Duenwald
What lies
beneath the pathological desire to stockpile tons of stuff?
http://discovermagazine.com/2004/oct/psychology-of-hoarding
Summit on Hoarding in Orange County September 29, 2004
http://www.coaoc.org/pdf/HoardingBroc.pdf
NPR Morning addition, June 7, 2004
Study shed light on Compulsive Hoarding
By Michelle Trudeau
Brain scan differ with saving disorder says
Sanjaya Saxena/UCLA Highlighted areas represent parts
of the brain
that had significantly lower activity in compulsive hoarders than in healthy
control subjects.
The regions shown are the right posterior cingulate gyrus (arrow) and the
occipital cortex.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=192020
USA Today, February 18, 2004
The Danger of Hoarding
By
Joyce Cohen
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-02-18-hoarding-usat_x.htm
NPR Radio Story Morning Edition,
January 2, 2004
Compulsive Hoarders Task Force Seek To Help Compulsive Hoarders
By Margo Adler
Discusses the New York City task force formed to deal with Hoarding Issues
in the community.
Click below to listen.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1611067
From
METROACTIVE.COM, Jan-2003
Clutter
Busters -
Deconstructing our acquisitive human nature
By Bill Strubbe
Organizer and Writer
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/03.16.00/clutterbusters-0011.html
New York Times, 12/31/2003
So Much Clutter So Little Room: Examining
the Roots of Hoarding
By Nina Bernstein
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/31/nyregion/31HOAR.html?ei=5007&en=04d718630cd7ce76&ex=
1388293200&partner=USERLAND&pagewanted=print&position=
New York Times, October 26, 2003
Collyer Brothers story
The Paper Chase
By Franz Lidz
Reference and posted comment in reply by sarcasm October 2003
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1008564/posts
Seattle Post - Intellegencer article, 10/30/2002
By Heather Foster
Task force tries to save those who save too much
Hoarding, a growing problem, is a nuisance to neighbors and can create dangers
in the home
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/93443_hoarding30.shtml
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