Category: COH Interviews

Second Phase of COH Research Project (closed)

From: OCDIGNO– RE: Children of Hoarders Research Project- Dr Suzanne Chabaud’s research team continues to conduct interviews with our Children of Hoarders group. She and her team are grateful for all that you have done and continue to do. Her team will eventually interview everyone who volunteered and returned the initial survey, informed consent and …

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COH Segment on Today Show

Two children (Jason & Holly) who were raised in grossly cluttered homes, along with Randy Frost, author of “Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things,” discuss the social and psychological impact of their parents’ problems with Al Roker. Watch it here!

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COH in the UK-BBC Documentary Request

This request was sent in the COH Site… Proposal To Members of “Children of Hoarders” Dear All, TwoFour, an award winning production company based in London, have been commissioned by the BBC to make a landmark documentary film focusing on a lady living in the UK who is a chronic sufferer of ‘Hoarding Disorder’ and …

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Video: Dr. Frost & Cynthia Lester

Frost and Lester share advice on how to deal with family members who hoard

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2/22: Combing Through The Wreckage

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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My Mother Died In Squalor

My brother and I received a call on Sunday March, 26th that they found our Mother dead in her home. She has avoided letting either one of us in the house for over 8 years.
She didn’t show up for work on Sunday so the nurses where she worked went to check on her and saw her car in the driveway but my Mom would not answer the door. So they called 911 and busted down the door and found her in this mess

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