Bay Area Resources
 

PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES






Companion Website for this series.
www.oup.com/us/ttw
downloadable clinical tools and helpful resources.
For Therapists: Links to efficacy data, references, and continuing education opportunities
For Clients: Downloadable worksheets, checklists, self-assessments, and forms for monitoring treatment progress



Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring Therapists Guide
for Physicians, Treatments That Work
Chap 1,  and Chap 2, by Steketee and Frost, 2006
http://www.oup.com/us/pdf/treatments/hoardingguidech2



Genes, Brain & Behavior, Volume 7, Number 7, October 2008 ,
Genetic susceptibility to obsessive-compulsive hoarding: the contribution of
neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor type 3 gene.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mksg/gbb/2008/00000007/00000007/art00009



American J. Psychiatry 165:129-1233 Oct. 2008 Editorial
A Developmental and Evolutionary Perspective on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:
Whence and Whither Compulsive Hoarding?
James F. Leckman, M.D., and Michael H. Bloch, M.D.
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/165/10/1229


 

March 14th, 2008
by Gilbert Guide
Hoarding: The four hoarding modules that appear below have been reproduced courtesy of eSMMART,
an online training site which provides affordable, Web-based training for individuals working
with older adults. (see web site)

http://www.gilbertguide.com/2008/03/14/hoarding/

 

Institute on Aging Educational program-The Hoarding Alliance of Marin, March 13, 2008,
RECOGNIZING AND RESPONDING TO CLUTTER ADDICTION AND COMPULSIVE HOARDING IN OLDER ADULTS
SELECT PRESENTER MATERIAL NOW AVAILABLE! (click to download)
Patrick Arbore — Workshop I: A Closer Look at Hoarding Behavior [PowerPoint — 113 KB]
Emily Saltz — Hidden World of Hoarders — Bibliography
Copyright 2008, Institute on Aging. All rights reserved.
http://education.ioaging.org/clutter_addiction_hoarding.html



The University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare, Office of Aging and Long Term Care
Community Tenure of Older, Adults Who Hoard:
Identifying Risks and Enhancing Opportunities  May 2007
http://www.oaltc.ku.edu/Reports/Final%20Report%20053107.pdf





Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding
– Why You Save and How You Can Stop
by F.Neziroglu, J.Bubrick, and JoseYaryura-Tobias;
New Harbinger Publications, 2004.


 

Professional Organizers

The National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization: The NSGCD offers: 
A fact sheet for the related professional entitled: 
"Have You Ever Wondered about Your Client's Clutter?"
http://www.nsgcd.org/resources/clutterhoardingscale.php

 

The Clutter Hoarding Scale from the NSGCD
Excellent for all kinds of providers and self analysis
The scale is on a pdf file.

http://www.organizingoptions.com/images/hoarding.pdf

 

Cornell University and
New York City Task Force on Hoarding
Task force gathered information – great site includes:
Assessment Tool ( the NSGCD cluttering and hoarding scale above is more complete)
Best Practices Decluttering tips
Best Practices Hoarding and Dementia
Bldg Code Violations including exits, Bathrooms, Kitchens and General problems
2004 Conference

http://www.cornellaging.com/gem/hoa_nyc_hoa_tas.html?name1=NYC+Hoarding+Task+Force&type1=2Active


 

Best Practices -Top 20 decluttering tips

 


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