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Apr 05
In the hospital, is a science teacher suffering from a severe respiratory illness, and when the team inspected the patient’s home for clues to his illness, immediately learn that he is a hoarder. But on a second visit for more information, find something in piles shocked many. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c8d51jAze84
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Mar 29
Study Conducted by Sanjaya Saxena, M.D. UCSD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Program Department of Psychiatry UCSD School of Medicine View official flyer from UCSD Initial Approval: 08/05/2010-Current Approval: 08/05/2010 Project #: #101184 *** Research Study Are you a Packrat? Hoarder? Clutterer? The UCSD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (OCD) Program is looking for people with problems with …
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Mar 28
No, You Are Not A Book Hoarder- Making light of hoarding — or any mental illness — is disrespectful.- Published on March 28, 2011 By Jessie Sholl- I was already doing research for a story I hoped to write about book hoarding and now seem to have missed the boat, but that’s not the only …
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Mar 28
Frost and Lester share advice on how to deal with family members who hoard
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Mar 27
Video with Dr. Randy Frost:== When The Hoarder Does Not Change== Interview with Randy Frost, Part I Compulsive Hoarding Disorder Definition and Causes– By Sere Halverson- Editor’s Note: We recently sat down with Randy Frost to discuss compulsive hoarding disorder – a fascinating and complex problem that affects from 2.5 to 5 percent of the …
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Mar 27
My sister and I have just spent a week carting bag after bag of garbage and charitable donations out of that house, in order to make it safe for my father to live in his own home. He has spent the last four months in a physical rehabilitation facility and after depleting Medicare benefits, he …
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Mar 25
How Do I Get Through To Mom That Compulsive Hoarding Is Unsafe?– Home Care for Seniors • Maryland, DC, Virginia- Getting parents help when they need it is part of being an adult child and a caregiver. We have to be their advocate when they cannot, or will not, be one for themselves. At the …
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Mar 24
-From PsychCentral.com– -Here, then, are ten things you should know about hoarding. Much of the information was taken from the research of Gerald Nestadt, M.D., M.P.H and Jack Samuels, Ph.D. of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 1. Compulsive hoarding affects approximately 700,000 to 1.4 million people in the US. 2. Compulsive hoarding is …
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Mar 20
From the Blog: Guess What Normal Is, Become Your Center What’s Your Greatest Asset? 5 Strengths of an ACoA I don’t know about you, but I sometimes feel exasperated with the emphasis on problems tied to being the offspring of alcoholics. I can recite the (negative) characteristics of children of alcoholics more accurately than I …
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Mar 19
Hoarders will be forced to remove clutter March 07, 2011|BY CLAIRE WEBB-OCRegister.com LAGUNA WOODS – Residents in Laguna Woods Village suspected of having excessive clutter in their homes will be compelled to allow inspections for hoarding and to remove the clutter under a policy expected to receive final approval Tuesday. The policy, the first of …
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Mar 09
Journal of Clinical Psychology Working with families of people who hoard: A harm reduction approach- Michael A. Tompkins/Article first published online: 28 FEB 2011/ DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20797 Abstract Approximately, 3%–5% of the U.S. population suffers from compulsive hoarding but others suffer as well, in particular, the family members who care about them. This article describes the …
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Mar 09
Admin. note: Not sure what good posting this article will do, but surely this will be discussed in many places, so wanted to post it so all informed. -d.a. March 8, 2011 Mummified remains in hoarder’s home could be mom- 75-year-old Gladys Bergmeier died Feb. 7; Mummy in pajamas and one sock could be her …
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Mar 09
PsychologyToday.com Animal hoarding: The who, why, and where. Published on March 8, 2011 By Jessie Sholl-author of Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean About Her Mother’s Compulsive Hoarding. Visit her blog. Recently, an animal hoarding case on Long Island horrified the nation and left many people scratching their heads. One person who wasn’t surprised by …
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Mar 09
Updated: 03/07/2011 07:26:08 PM PST SoCal senior community considers hoarding policy LAGUNA WOODS, Calif.—Residents of a gated retirement community in Orange County may be subject to inspections if they’re suspected of hoarding. The Orange County Register reports the board of Laguna Woods Village is expected to give final approval to the new policy on Tuesday. Under …
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