About & Understanding Compulsive Hoarding:
Quick overview of Compulsive Hoarding Understanding Compulsive Hoarding
Read Introduction to Hoarding.(pdf)
Read Hoarding 101.(pdf)
Read Hoarding from the Inside Out.(pdf)
Read How & When to Intervene (pdf)
Hoarding vs. Cluttering
Fact Sheets
107 Reasons why
Animal Hoarding
Articles/literature to learn more
What is anthropomorphism?
What does perfectionism have to do with it?
Online videos/audio to learn more
How is it classified as a disorder? Is it OCD?
Genetics
Results of genetic study 2007
Selected Research Abstracts
Research
Great overview of Compulsive Hoarding
& San Francisco Resources by MHA-SF: “Overwhelmed by Too Much Clutter”

Books:
Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding- Author. Review.
Buried in Treasures book. Workbook. Review.
Therapists Guide for Hoarding. Chapter 1. Review.
COH Bookstore, books about hoarding & for COH

Measurement Scales:
Degrees of Squalor by Squalor Survivors
Compulsive Hoarding Rating Scale by OCF (pdf)
Clutter-Hoarding Scale, by the NSGCD (pdf)

Treatment, Doctors, Self-help for Hoarders:
Is there a cure?
How is it treated?
What to expect in treatment
Where is it treated?
Finding a therapist: HH, ADAA, ACT, ABCT, OCD-LA
OCD therapist list from Obsessive Compulsive Fndn.
Attention Deficit therapist referrals
Resources, by state on HelpingHoarders.com
How to know if therapist knows how to treat OCD?

For/help for, those that hoard:
Do you think you have a Hoarding problem?
Self-help tools for compulsive hoarders. See also.
5 Stages of Change for Compulsive Hoarding
Rating anxiety levels for Hoarders (SUDS)
Cost-benefit analysis for Compulsive Hoarding
Dysfunctional Thought Record
Inspirational quotes for Compulsive Hoarders
Questions to ask self while decluttering
"Saving The World" article
Support groups & treatment centers for Hoarders
Anxiety disorders help links
Online support groups, websites, books,for Hoarders

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Additional reading, videos:
NE Hoarding Consortium newsletters: 2006 2007
Chapter 23 about Hoarding
Readers Digest article 2/07, U.S., Australia, U.K.
ABC Medical Mysteries 1/07
Recent news stories about Hoarding. Archives.
Oprah Show "Inside The Lives of Hoarders" 11/07
The Learning Channel videos: "Help I'm a Hoarder!"
Upcoming Workshops about Hoarding

From leaders in research:
Q & A with mental health professionals
Randy Frost, Ph.D.
Face Your Hoarding Tendencies teleclass DVDs
Gail Steketee, Ph.D., online video-about hoarding.
David Tolin, Ph.D.
Sanjaya Saxena, M.D., online video-Discovery Channel, video: Neurobiology of Hoarders

Hoarding Presentations (Mass. Housing):
Addressing Health & Safety Concerns of Hoarders
Addressing Tenancy Preservation Needs
Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Interventions
Hoarding: Reasonable Accomodations/Court Involvement
What it is, Indiv. & Public consequences, intervention
How to talk to someone with a hoarding problem

Misc.:
Firefighter Discussion forum:
Compliance, "Collyer Mansions"
Gift Giving Ideas for a person that hoards. Video.
Links to others sites to learn from. See also.
A pinch of positivity
Peter Walsh talks about children of hoarders
How Not To Raise A Hoarder

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