Participate in this online survey by THE HOARDING PROJECT: the first large-scale study that examines the combined influence that family experiences and unresolved trauma have on the severity of hoarding behavior. Learn more and contribute your input here!: http://thehoardingproject.org/projects

Compulsive Hoarding Action Group-Edinburgh April 2012 Newsletter with COH interviews starting on page 5. Thank you CHANGE for including voices of children of hoarders in your newsletter!

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are conducting two online studies about the relationships of individuals with OCD or hoarding.  Each study involves completing questionnaires online about relationships, emotions and OCD.  You must be at least 18 to participate.  Those who participate may enter into a raffle for a Target gift card.  The information gathered …

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Psychiatric Times Hoarding: If You Suspect a Child Lives With a Hoarder -April 13, 2012- Hoarding is a tenacious disorder that strikes millions of people and affects families and communities.1 -Few children reveal they are living in a hoarded home. Paradoxically, by encouraging the child to disclose the hoarding behaviors of the parent, clinicians are …

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Interested in Hoarding Disorder, proposed as a new disorder in the DSM 5? Check out the podcast-interview with Professor David Mataix-Cols (Kings College, London) here: http://rucklab.com/meet-the-expert-podcast-series/

CeCi Garrett, (who many of you may have seen on A&E’s HOARDERS episode with Judie <& Gail,>) and Dr. Suzanne Chabaud, will be presenting in a break-out session at: The Mental Health Association-San Francisco 14th Annual Conference on Hoarding & Cluttering They will be presenting the first in-depth research about adult children of hoarders, conducted …

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A Toronto researcher has launched the first study of its kind to explore a key but little understood aspect of hoarding: the link between hoarders and their loved ones.

Children of Hoarders: Special Report One group is trying to raise awareness about the lives of kids who have hoarders for parents. Rory Devine reports.

Extremely insightful  post on Hoarder’s Son’s Blog: ~Lessons Learned by a Child of a Hoarder~

Dr. Suzanne Chabaud Sets the Stage for Children of Hoarders Research ›From the time that the ChildrenOfHoarders.com website was launched in 2006, adult children of hoarders have been sharing experiences and developing ideas about how growing up in a hoarding environment can affect a child and how those effects can echo into adulthood. While it …

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Psychiatric Times COMMENTARY The Hidden Lives of Children of Hoarders By Suzanne A. Chabaud, PhD | November 10, 2011 Dr Chabaud merged her dual doctorate in developmental and clinical psychology from Vanderbilt University to treat hundreds of clients of all ages. She founded the OCD Institute of Greater New Orleans, where she and her staff …

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“To learn that life is not just about what happened to you, but how you can move past it. I may still suffer with this, struggle every day to do basic things like answer the phone or open the door for someone, but I will be stronger for it, & I will make my life …

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NPR’s “Here and Now” program interviewing Holly Sabiston, daughter of a hoarder, 7/19/2011.

…”What about the children of hoarders? There hasn’t been a lot of focus aimed at them. Not only is there a genetic component, just like OCD and bipolar disorder, but there’s a behavioral element, and symptoms of hoarding can start as early as age 12. This is why experts say…”

…clutter, emotional chaos There’s nothing unusual about a mother or father who collects stamps, baseball cards or porcelain dolls. But when hobbyists become hoarders, their children often end up with life-long emotional effects. Go to full article in Deseret News

Children of Hoarders on Leaving the Cluttered Nest

Some children of hoarders contract professional cleanup crews that can charge from $5,000 to $20,000 for a full clean. For others, the true treasures of a life—a special pair of ear rings, photographs from long ago—are buried between the layers of non-essential stuff a hoarder hoards. …

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