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Additional resources
offer advice
(July 2008
Issue)
By Phyllis Hanlon
More than 2.6 million Web sites are dedicated to hoarding and
45 online support groups exist for hoarders who fall into specific
niche areas, e.g., by geographic region, sexual ori-entation, religious
affiliation, age group, etc. Some of the most popular sites include
cluttersanonymous.net, squalorsurivors.com, napo.net and understanding_ocd.tripod.com/index_hoarding.html
The following additional resources offer advice, studies in progress
and recent findings, clinic locations and contact information for
professionals who can address the issue of hoarding.
- "Buried in Treasure: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving,
and Hoarding" by David F. Tolin, Randy O. Frost, and Gail S. Steketee.
This book helps readers discover the reasons for hoarding and
provides a self-assessment tool to help determine the severity
of the problem. Also included are tips for organizing possessions,
strategies for changing unhelpful beliefs about possessions and
behavioral experiments to reduce fear of discarding.
- "Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring: Workbook" by Gail S. Steketee
and Randy O. Frost. The result of more than 10 years of research
and practice, this book delivers an effective treatment program
for those who hoard. Interactive in nature, the book teaches readers
how to minimize the negative effect clutter has on the person
who hoards as well as others in the household.
- www.instituteofliving.org/ADC/CompulsiveHoarding.htm This Web
site issues a biannual newsletter, maintains a database of treatment
providers nationwide, a list of up-coming research studies on
hoarding and self-help references for those who hoard.
- www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/hoarding/index.html The home page for
the Hoarding of Animals Research Consortium, this Web site presents
an overview of animal hoarding, spe-cial reports, articles related
to mental and medical health, intervention and a list of additional
resources.
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