COMPULSIVE HOARDING
RESEARCH
 



 


 

Primary Psychiatry.com, CNS Spectr.
2010;15(4)231236  
Clinical Features and Treatment Characteristics of Compulsive Hoarding in Japanese Patients
with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Hisato Matsunaga, MD, PhD, Kazuhisa Hayashida, MD, Nobuo Kiriike, MD, PhD,
Toshihiko Nagata, MD, PhD, and Dan J. Stein, MD, PhD
 "Conclusion: The prevalence and clinical characteristics of compulsive hoarding in OCD subjects
was similar to those reported in Western countries, supporting its trans-cultural consistency.
The distinction between primary and secondary hoarding in OCD is clinically useful, and may
contribute to the debate about whether hoarding should be a separate diagnostic entity.
CNS Spectr. 2010;15(4):258-265."



Boston Univ/Smith College Consortium Newsletter, Hoarding Updates, 2007, and 2009
 "One recent analysis from this study has been to learn more about the association
between hoarding and other disorders. You may recall from previous editions of this
 newsletter that we were finding that the rate of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was not
 nearly as high among people who hoard as one might anticipate (17%), leading us to question
how strongly hoarding and OCD are related. Conversely, over half (58%) of people with
 compulsive hoarding met criteria for Major Depressive Disorder. A recent analysis from
 that study shows us that 20% of people with hoarding problems, compared to 4% of people
 with OCD and 3% of people selected from thecommunity, meet current (adulthood) criteria for
the inattentive subtype of Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)."
 http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/PSYCH/rfrost/NEHC_Newsletter_April_2007.pdf

http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/PSYCH/rfrost/Spring_2009_Hoarding_Newsletter.pdf

 

Discover Magazine.com, March 30, 2010
What Quirk of the Brain Turns People Into Compulsive Hoarders?
 by Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee
"Hoarders cannot stop themselves from accumulating stuff—even if they live in fetid, rotting homes that ruin their lives."
http://discovermagazine.com/2010/the-brain/30-what-quirk-of-the-brain-turns-people-into-compulsive-hoarders



Published Online: March 24, 2010
 Waitlist-controlled trial of cognitive behavior therapy for hoarding disorder
Gail Steketee, Ph.D. , Randy O. Frost, Ph.D. , David F. Tolin, Ph.D. , Jessica Rasmussen, M.A. , Timothy A. Brown, Psy.D
 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123329377/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0


 
Marketing Research
Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, Volume 13, Number 1, 2010 , pp. 8-23
A study of hoarding behavior and attachment to material possessions



Psychiatr Serv 61:205, February 2010
doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.61.2.205
Personalized Intervention for Those At Risk of Eviction
by Carolyn Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., Lisa Panero, M.S.W. and Audrey Tannen
 http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/61/2/205

 

 

Behaviour Research and Therapy
Volume 48, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 79-85
Delivery of internet treatment for compulsive hoarding
by Jordana Muroff, Gail Steketee, Joe Himle and Randy Frost
From abstract: "Online CBT-based self-help for hoarding appears to be a promising intervention
strategy that may extend access to treatment. Evaluating the benefits of internet self-help groups
is critical given growing popularity of and demand for web-based interventions.."
First go to http://dx.doi.org   Then enter the following into the text box provided doi:10.1016/j.brat.2009.09.006 



Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
Published online by Cambridge University Press January 12, 2010
Compulsive Hoarding : an interpretive phenomenological analysis                                                       Abstract:                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Background: This project aimed to explore the experiences of people who compulsively hoard and how they make sense of their own
hoarding behaviours.
Method: A total of 11 compulsive hoarders were recruited and interviewed using a simple semi-structured interview format,
designed for the purposes of the study. The resulting transcribed interviews were analyzed using interpretive-phenomenological analysis.
Results: Four super-ordinate discrete, but interacting, themes were found: (1) childhood factors; (2) the participants' relationship to their hoarded items;
(3) cognitive and behavioural avoidance of discard; and (4) the impact of hoarding on self, others and the home environment. The themes as a whole
described people entrapped in massively cluttered physical environments of their own making. Efforts at discard appeared consistently
 sabotaged by cognitive/behavioural avoidance, thereby creating maintaining factors of associated personal distress and environmental decline.
Conclusions: The results are discussed in the context of the extant evidence concerning hoarding, the distinct contribution made by the
current results and the identified methodological shortcomings of the research approach.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=7049248



Molecular Psychiatry (2009) 14, 318–331; doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002129; published online January 8, 2008
by S K An, D Mataix-Cols, N S Lawrence, S Wooderson, V Giampietro, A Speckens, M J Brammer, and M L Phillips
To discard or not to discard: the neural basis of hoarding symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
 http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v14/n3/abs/4002129a.html
and/or First go to http://dx.doi.org , then copy and paste in : doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002129



Am J Psychiatry 2009; 166:1156-1161;  August 17, 2009
Prevalence and Heritability of Compulsive Hoarding: A Twins Study
Iervolino, Perroud, Fullana, Guipponi,Cherkas, Collier, Mataix-Cols.



Genes, Brain, & Behavior. 7(7):778-785, October 2008



Molecular Psychiatry (2009) 14, 318–331; doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002129; published online January 8, 2008
by S K An, D Mataix-Cols, N S Lawrence, S Wooderson, V Giampietro, A Speckens, M J Brammer, and M L Phillips
To discard or not to discard: the neural basis of hoarding symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder



Boston Univ/Smith College Consortium Newsletter, Hoarding Updates, 2007
"One recent analysis from this study has been to learn more about the association
between hoarding and other disorders. Although many people consider hoarding to be
a form of OCD, this classification is not certain.      
Our analyses have shown that 17% of people who hoard
also have OCD. This is a high number; however, the fact that most people who hoard show no signs
of OCD whatsoever raises questions about whether hoarding is really a subtype of OCD.
We also found that 57% of people who hoard meet criteria for major depressive disorder,
28% meet criteria for generalized anxiety disorder, and 29% meet criteria for social phobia.
When we examined differences between hoarding participants with and without generalized anxiety
disorder (GAD), we found that people with hoarding + GAD demonstrated more severe
hoarding symptoms, hoarding beliefs, and symptoms of anxiety and depression than did
people with hoarding but no GAD. This research will continue for the next two years.
http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/PSYCH/rfrost/NEHC_Newsletter_April_2007.pdf


Behaviour Research and Therapy 45 (2007) 1657–1662
Cognitive aspects of nonclinical obsessive compulsive hoarding 
by Luchian, McNally, and Hooley                                         
See this article for information on a very small study delineating problems
of categorization, under inclusiveness, and indecisiveness in non clinical hoarders. http://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3197695/Hooley_CognitiveAspects.pdf?sequence=1



Behavior Research Therapy 2007 Nov; 45(11):2754-63. Epub 2007 Aug 8
HOARDING AND COMPULSIVE BUYING
 Hoarding in a compulsive buying sample 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17868641?
ordinalpos=145&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum



Behavior Research Therapy 2007 Apr; 45(4):673-86. Epub 2006 Jul 5.
Hoarding in obsessive-compulsive disorder: results from the OCD Collaborative Genetics Study.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine



Wiley InterScience, February 20, 2007
Interpersonal problems and emotional intelligence in compulsive hoarding
by Jessica R. Grisham, Ph.D. , Gail Steketee, Ph.D., Randy O. Frost, Ph.D.



Depression and Anxiety. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc., Febuary, 2007 
Interpersonal problems and emotional intelligence in compulsive hoardingby Jessica R. Grisham, Ph.D. ,
Gail Steketee, Ph.D., Randy O. Frost, Ph.D.
" In this study, individuals with compulsive hoarding (n = 30) were compared to nonhoarding anxious or
depressed patients (n = 30) and nonclinical community participants (n = 30) with respect to clinical characteristics,
interpersonal difficulties, and emotional intelligence. "
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/114201988/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0


 

UCSD News Center, 2006 Oct 24
SRI Medication Found Effective in Treating Compulsive Hoarding Patients
by Debra Kain




SRI medication effective in treating compulsive hoarding patients  2006 Sept 24
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

 

Excellent  Synopsis of  related research articles
An UPDATE ON HOARDING  2005 Sept 7
 www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/hoarding/pubs/litreview.pdf -




Science Daily-University of Iowa Research-  2005 Jan
Brain Region Identified That Controls Collecting Behavior
By studying patients who developed abnormal hoarding behavior following brain injury, neurology researchers in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine have identified an area in the prefrontal cortex that appears to control collecting behavior. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/12/041219183729.htm


Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly (CANE)
Selected Annotated Bibliography:
Compulsive Hoarding - A Form of Self-Neglect
(1995-2005)
 http://www.ncea.aoa.gov/NCEAroot/Main_Site/Library/CANE/CANE_Series/CANE_hoarding.aspx
 



Hoarders' Scans Reveal Distinct Brain Signature
Recent positron emission tomography (PET) imaging studies by scientists at the University of California at Los Angeles suggest that the neurobiology of America's estimated 1 million compulsive hoarders differs significantly from people with other obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms as well as healthy individuals. The findings also suggest that hoarders might respond best to medications that target particular brain systems. The study by Sanjaya Saxena, M.D., and colleagues detected less brain activity in the anterior cingulate gyrus of compulsive hoarders than in other OCD patients. This brain structure helps govern decision-making, focused attention, motivation, and problem solving ? cognitive functions that frequently are impaired in compulsive hoarders. The study also found a correlation in all of the subjects with OCD between the severity of hoarding symptoms and lower brain activity in the anterior cingulate gyrus.
Saxena S, Brody AL, Maidment KM, Smith EC, Zohrabi N, Katz E, Baker SK, Baxter LR Jr.
Cerebral glucose metabolism in obsessive-compulsive hoarding. Am J Psychiatry. 2004 June;161(6):1038-48.

 


UCLA PET Study on the Neurobiology of Hoarding
UCLA PET Study finds Neurobiology of Hoarders differs from other OCD patients 2004 June  http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=5218
 


 A List of Randy Frost, Steketee, Hartl and others research related to Hoarding

Frost, R., & Gross, R. (1993). The hoarding of possessions. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 31, 367-382.

Frost, R.O., Hartl, T.L., Christian, R., & Williams, R. (1995). The value of possessions in compulsive hoarding: Patterns of use and attachment. Behaviour and Research Therapy, 33, 897-902.

Frost, R.O., & Hartl, T.L. (1996). A cognitive-behavioral model of compulsive hoarding. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 34, 341-350.

Frost, R.O., Krause, M.S., & Steketee, G. (1996). Hoarding and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Behavior Modification, 20, 116-132.

Frost, R.O., Kim, H., Morris, C., Bloss, C., Murray-Close, M. & Steketee, G. (1998). Hoarding, compulsive buying, and reasons for saving. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 36,657-664.

Frost, R. & Steketee, G. (1998). Hoarding: Clinical aspects and treatment strategies. In M. Jenike, L. Baer, & J. Minnichelo, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Practical Management (3rd Ed.). Mosby Inc., St. Louis.

 Frost, R.O., Steketee, G., Youngreb, V.R., & Mallya, G.K. (1999). The threat of the housing inspector: A case of hoarding. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 6, 270-278.

Hartl, T.L. & Frost, R.O. (1999). An experimental case study of a cognitive-behavioral treatment of compulsive hoarding: A single case multiple baseline design. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 37, 451-462.

Frost, R.O. & Steketee, G. (in press). Issues in the treatment of compulsive hoarding. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.

Frost, R.O., Steketee, G., & Williams, L. (2000). Hoarding: A community health problem. Health and Social Care in the Community, 8, 229-234.

Frost, R.O., Steketee, G., Williams, L., & Warren, R. (2000).Mood, disability, and personality disorder symptoms in hoarding, obsessive compulsive disorder, and control subjects. Behavior Research and Therapy, 38, 1071-1082.

Steketee, G., Frost, R.O., & Kim, H-J. (2001). Hoarding by elderly people. Health and Social Work, 26, 176-184.

Steketee, G., Frost, R.O., Wincze, Greene, K., & Douglass, H. (2000). Group and Individual treatment of compulsive hoarding: A pilot study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 28, 259-268.

Frost, R.O. & Hartl, T. (in press). Obsessive Compulsive Hoarding. In R.G. Menzies & P. deSilva (Eds.) Obsessive Compulsive Disorders. John Wiley and Sons.

Frost, R.O., Steketee, G., &Williams, L. (in press). Compulsive huying, compulsive hoarding and obsessive-compulsive behavior. Behavior Therapy.

Frost, R.O., Steketee, G., & Greene, K. (in press). Cognitive and behavioral treatment of compulsive hoarding. In M.H.Freeston & S. Taylor (Eds.) Cognitive Approaches to Treating Obsessions and Compulsions: A Clinical Casebook. Erlbaum.

Hartl, T.L., Savage, C.R., Frost, R.O., Allen, G.J. Deckersbach, T., Steketee, G., & Duffany, S.R. (under editorial consideration). Actual and Perceived memory deficits among individuals with hoarding symptoms.

Steketee, G., Frost, R.O., & Kyrios, M. (under editorial consideration). Beliefs about possessions among compulsive hoarders

Hoarding of Animals Research Consortium.(under editorial consideration). Public health implications of animal hoarding.

Coles, M.E., Frost, R.O., Heimberg, R.G. & Steketee, G. (under editorial consideration). Hoarding behaviors in a large college sample.

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Or write to: Randy O. Frost, Ph.D.Smith College
Psychology Department - Clark Science Center
Northampton, MA 01063
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