SELF HELP
HOARDING WEBSITES*

Here are some websites that provide additional information about
hoarding. Some of them are professionally run, whereas some of
them are run by individuals with some experience with hoarding.



WEBSITES:
 

Comprehensive Information on Hoarding at this web-site for Property Managers and others.
Below are a number of links, documents and other resources related to hoarding.
Many of these materials were made available through Mass Housing's
Community Services Conference on Hoarding, Thinking Outside Our Box(es):
 A Housing, Service, Clinical and Enforcement Team Approach to Hoarding,
which was held December 12, 2007.
https://www.masshousing.com/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=239&&PageID=3089&mode=2&in_hi_userid=210&cached=true



Animal Hoarding News and Information Blog Spot
Because hoarding and OCD disorders often overlap, we will also list news and information
related to these topics, and how these illness's affect the hoarder,
their family and friends, but most of all the animals, that suffer...
 http://animalhoardinginfo.blogspot.com/


 
Hoard House
Information and videos on hoarding including interview with Dr.Fugen Neziroglu



Interdisciplinary New York City Hoarding Task Force convened to address
the complex behavioral disorder of hoarding in older adults and to develop
practical tools and resources for community service providers. 2003
UK Web site about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and its symptoms.
Hoarding Newsletter April 2007

THE INTERNATIONAL OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE FOUNDATION specific to hoarding, and is run in
part by Randy Frost Ph.D. and Gail Steketee Ph.D., two experts in the field. It includes information about the latest research,
treatment information, book reviews, a hoarding rating scale, case studies, etc.
A must-see site.
http://www.ocfoundation.info/hoarding/


 

For Information on the
Anxiety Disorders Clinic, The Institute of Living, Hartford Hospital and the  
Hoarding Research study, and to sign up for the
New England Hoarding Consortium newsletter on Hoarding click here:
http://www.instituteofliving.org/adc/compulsive_hoarding.htm



OCD TRIPOD
Very comprehensive site full of information about OCD.
http://understanding_ocd.tripod.com/index_hoarding.html
Psychological condition, "Why & What do People Hoard."
http://understanding_ocd.tripod.com/hoarding1_why.htm



SQUALOR SURVIVORS
A really helpful web site with good tips for measuring and overcoming hoarding.
Includes links to book reviews, interviews with and articles by experts, and links to
tips on de-cluttering.
http://www.squalorsurvivors.com/index.shtml
http://takeonestepatatime.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=11162&page=1

 FAIRFAX COUNTY WEB SITE--Good information about hoarding effects on community
and safety issues.
 http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/trash/hoarding/
WEB DISCUSSION GROUPS FOR HOARDERS:

For compulsive hoarders with Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
and a strong desire to improve their living or work spaces.
Members are required to be in the action stage within 60 days of joining
and a once per month minimum posting of
actions taken to remain in the group. They use the cognitive behavior therapy
treatment approach.
Advisors: James Claiborn, Ph.D., ABPP, and Johan Rosqvist, Ph.D.
List managers: Paula, Jim, and Abby.
This is a private and unlisted Yahoo group; all information and
conversations are confidential.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/H-C/ hosted by Doris with direct professional involvement
for those who already know how to de-hoard and de-clutter.

                                                                                                                         

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