Articles and Research by Randy Frost, Ph.D.

"Hoarders" intrigue us, but their bizarre behavior had been overlooked by the mental health community until psychology professor Randy Frost took a closer look at what he calls "one of the most fascinating groups of people imaginable."

By Randy Frost

From Hoarding Researcher, Dr. David Tolin:

Click here to listen to Dr. Tolin's interview about compulsive hoarding with Psychjourney Podcasts.

Click here to view  Dr. Tolin's discussion about compulsive hoarding on ABC News Medical Mysteries.

Click here to view Dr. Tolin's first discussion about compulsive hoarding on Good Morning America and click here to view his second segment on GMA.

Click here to view the first installment of Dr. Tolin's discussions about compulsive hoarding on The Oprah Winfrey Show and click here to view the second installment.

Gail Steketee, Ph.D.
Dean ad interim (2005-2007) and
Professor in the Department of Clinical Practice

Boston University School of Social Work
264 Bay State Rd.
Boston, MA 02215
For more details about Dr. Steketee, visit her faculty profile at the School of Social Work.

Compulsive Hoarding Project
If you or someone you know has symptoms of compulsive hoarding (excessive clutter and acquiring), contact Project Director Cristina Sorrentino, Ph.D., at (617) 353-0815. For more information about hoarding, please click on the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation website below.

Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation

Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)

Randy O. Frost
Internationally Recognized Expert on Hoarding

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    Smith College-North Hampton, MA/N.E. Hoarding Consortium 
Randy O. Frost, Ph.D. is the Harold Edward and Elsa Siipola Israel Professor of Psychology at Smith College. He is co-editor of the Obsessive     Compulsive Foundation (OCF) website on hoarding. The leading authority on compulsive hoarding, he has been interviewed for The New York Times, Newsweek , and National Public Radio, and has appeared on ABC 20/20 Downtown, Good Morning America , and Dateline .  
  
 See Dr. Frost's website here.  
 Research Articles by Dr. Frost here.
 Article "Learning to Let Go: here. Article "Clutter Gone Wild here.

Sanjaya Saxena, M.D.

ACADEMIC TITLE:
Associate Professor in Residence, UCSD Department of Psychiatry
Director, UCSD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Program
Director, La Jolla VA Anxiety Disorders Clinic
                                   
E-MAIL ADDRESS:  ssaxena@ucsd.edu
PHONE #:  (858) 642-3472 FAX #:  (858) 642-6442
More information on Dr. Saxena here.

Watch Dr. Saxena's Webcast on the Neurobiology of Compulsive Hoarders.

Research Focus (100 words):  Dr. Saxena is the Director of the UCSD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Program.  His research focuses on the neurobiology and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders.  He uses functional and structural brain imaging to understand the brain circuits that mediate OCD symptoms, to reveal how effective treatments work in the brain, and to predict response to different types of treatments.  Recently, Dr. Saxena has been studying specific subtypes and variants of OCD, such as Compulsive Hoarding, to understand their neurobiology and develop better treatments for these disabling conditions.  He has received research grants from the NIMH and the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation. ...

View Dr. David Tolin's Updated Resource Guide for compulsive hoarding.
(Dr. Tolin is the Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center/Institute of Living in Connecticut )

www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/files/Donna/Oprah_l10.doc

David Tolin, PhD           
Dr. Tolin is the founder and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at The Institute of Living.

New England Hoarding Consortium Newsletter, Spring 2006

Dr. Tolin is the founder and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at The Institute of Living. He is also Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Dr. Tolin’s research and clinical interests include cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders in adults and children, and cognitive processes that underlie anxiety disorders, particularly obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and panic disorder. He is the recipient of the award for Distinguished Contribution to the Science of Psychology from the Connecticut Psychological Association.

Dr. Tolin is principal investigator on the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded studies "Stepped Care for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder" and "Neural Mechanisms of Compulsive Hoarding," and co-investigator on the NIMH-funded studies "Psychopathology of Compulsive Hoarding" (principal investigator: R. Frost), "Treatment of Compulsive Hoarding" (principal investigator: G. Steketee), and "Screening for GAD among Frail Elderly" (principal investigator: G. Diefenbach).  He has served as principal investigator on several industry-sponsored clinical trials of experimental medications.

 
Dr. Tolin is the author of over 90 journal articles and book chapters, and over 140 research presentations to national and international organizations. He is the recipient of multiple research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, including the studies “Neural Mechanisms of Compulsive Hoarding,” “Psychopathology of Compulsive Hoarding,” and “Treatment of Compulsive Hoarding”. Dr. Tolin has been a recurrent guest on The Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC News, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Along with Drs. Randy Frost and Gail Steketee, he is the author of the new book Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding.

Watch Dr. Tolin’s Appearances on Good Morning America
'Compulsive Hoarders' Can't Throw Things Away’
‘Office Hoarders Can't Let Go of Clutter’