Listen to: Boston NPR Show "Too Much Stuff" with Dr. Gail Steketee about
Hoarding "We're far from being able to say it's a genetic
problem.I'd like to say it's a psychiatric disorder, but now we are
calling it a behavioral syndrome." Listen to: VOICE OF AMERICA;12 March 2007-Hoarders are afraid to throw
things away. They may save old newspapers, clothing, even old
food; some people hoard animals. The problem is also a public
safety concern. Transcript of radio broadcast MP3 Download Audio Listen in Real Audio
"The researchers found evidence suggesting that an area of
genes on chromosome fourteen was linked with compulsive
hoarding. They said the linkage became stronger when two or
more family members affected with compulsive hoarding were
tested."
Elizabeth Chur interviews Melodie, a compulsive hoarder who will
be attending the Hoarding Conference in San Francisco this week.
(10/26/06):Melodie's apartment is beyond cluttered and everyone
has a suggestion on how to fix it, like just take everything you
own and throw it out. And after they suggest things like that for
the billionth time, she will break down and sob uncontrollably.
Independent producer Elizabeth Chur checks in with Melodie at
her apartment in San Francisco, California.
Listen: When Nothing Goes to Waste: the Mystery of Obsessive Hoarding
Listen to Science in the News 2005 broadcast of Voice of America
explaining Hoarding, good for new-learners. (childrenofhoarders.com recommendation: fast forward to close to 1/2
way through to get to discussion about OCD, Dr. Sanjaya Saxenas'
study results of brain activity in hoarders/Dr. Randy Frosts' quotes
on hoarding being a public health crisis/Dr. Gary Patroneks' quotes
on animal hoarding). Download MP3 Download RealAudio
Reader's Digest magazine editors and experts take you behind
the scenes, with the latest in health and fitness.
Addicted to Clutter (4:55) Listen to audio program HERE.
Listen: All In The Mind Radio Show About Hoarding-
BBC Radio 410/28/2003
HOARDING
There is a dividing line between those of us who collect a lot of
possessions and those that hoard obsessively and find it
increasingly difficult to throw anything away. Hoarding is classed
as a form of OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and it's
attracting renewed interest from psychologists and psychiatrists.
Many hoarders often suffer from it without realising they have a
problem. Usually the condition goes unnoticed until the person
faces eviction or action by a local health department. But those
who are compulsive hoarders can become incapacitated and
disabled by their lifestyle they become disorganised lives are
isolated and socialising becomes a problemDr Raj Persaud visits
the home of one hoarder, Sheree and speaks to Satwant Singh, a
nurse consultant in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy at Newham
Primary Care Trust who specialises in treating hoarding. Listen
here. (Note from childrenofhoarders.com: It takes about 2 mins. to get
to hoarding part of program/hoarding part lasts about 15 minutes)
Audio to order:
FACE YOUR HOARDING TENDENCIES Teleclass-
February 19, 2007
An edited version of the complete teleclass with Dr. Randy Frost
and Sandra Felton (Founder, Messies Anonymous) on CD.
DATELINE SHOW ABOUT HOARDING, 3-14-2004
For tapes and transcripts: Call 1-866-NBC-TAPE for NBC. Just
mention the show "Dateline" date of show, and subject: hoarding.
Partial Transcript of CNN Show from 2/2006 featuring two
different hoarders.
To order video or transcript go
HERE.
Oprah Show about compulsive hoarding from 5/05/06 &
8/05-"Inside the Secret Lives of Hoarders. Watch video clip/order transcript here. (video of show not
available to purchase).
Other shows on Hoarding by Dr. Phil: Extreme Behaviors: Dr. Phil's first guest has lost two husbands
because of her shopping sprees, and now her hoarding has left
absolutely no room to live in her home. Order video or transcript.
"Throw It Out!" John, is a packrat who turned their beautiful four-bedroom home
into what she calls "the black hole." The house became so
overcrowded with junk that they were forced to live in a trailer,
and now the trailer is becoming filled to the brim! Will John and
Nancy ever be able to live in their house again? And how is John's
hoarding affecting their three children?
-Order follow-up show on Hoarding: When John spoke with Dr.
Phil, he didn't think his hoarding habits were a problem;even though his junk squeezed his family out of the
house and into a trailer! How did he do when seven trucks
arrived to clean out his house?
Video coming out soon (as of 6/2007), with segment on Hoarding: Saving Our Parents
The Learning Channel's: "Help, I'm a Hoarder", Parts 1-5 :
PART 1:
PART 2:
PART 3:
PART 4:
PART 5:
How Hoarding Cost Us Our Home:
Videos by Family Members:
Voices of children of hoarders, quotes from anonymous stories sent to our website:
A daughter's journey in helping move her mother: (Photographs in this video
used with the permission of mother, to help others
accept help too, if things
are overwhelming, and to
show that anything is
possible (she didn't think
moving was). The "pressure
applied" noted in film was
discussed with her
beforehand):
