If you’re in the area, be sure to go listen to this special speaker who will be presenting… “…Ceci Garrett, B.S. Psychology, is the adult child of a hoarder. Ceci founded Lightening the Load, a ministry that works to connect those in the Spokane area with resources and hope as they unclutter their homes, lives, …
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Apr 09
Request from a grad student-seeking COH to interview for thesis
Sent in to the COH website, posting with contact info. per her request: ===================================== Hello COH, My name is Laura M. Niehaus and I am a graduate student studying sociology at the University of Akron in northern Ohio currently working on my master’s thesis. I am looking for volunteers to be interviewed about their experiences …
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Apr 08
Hoarders take toll on families
“…What angers Harry most are people who blame the adult children for the problem and say they are neglecting their parents. “That’s the kicker,” he said. “That’s the one that’s the worst.”… http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20130408/NJNEWS/304080001/Hoarders-take-toll-on-families
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Apr 07
Sandy blew the lid off a New Jersey epidemic
“…Enter The Hoarding Disorder Institute, a private company serving all of New Jersey that opens this week. Its founder is Marcie Cooper of Fair Lawn, a social worker, educator, and geriatric care manager already known for leading training sessions on hoarding to those who encounter it in a professional capacity…”
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Mar 23
Hoarder Fires: Dealing with the Occupant’s
Interaction with the people who collect, accumulate, and acquire this massive amounts of belongings can place the first responder in a different type of danger…
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Mar 09
Family: Hoarding Led to Deadly Poisoning
The victim’s brother tells FOX 17 that piles of belongings and junk were strewn around the home. The contents may have blocked a carbon monoxide detector as well as vents which prevented any air to circulate…
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Feb 25
Step Inside the Real World of Compulsive Hoarders
“…Hoarders tend to organize the world spatially and visually, rather than categorically. Instead of putting a new electricity bill in a designated folder, for example, a hoarder might slip the bill on top of a particular pile of stuff, committing to memory a visual map of its location. In this way, many hoarders can look …
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Feb 14
I Am The Child Of A Hoarder
“…it wasn’t until I moved out for college that I was able to fully grasp the idea that I did not owe anything to inanimate objects, that I wasn’t making an eternal vow to keep things forever the moment I bought them, that I didn’t have to sacrifice my happiness in order to keep items …
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Jan 05
Essay by a daughter in The New York Times
Essay by a daughter in The New York Times about the challenges of parenting your own child when you are the child of a hoarder.
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Dec 15
Hoarders hope for big changes after DSM acknowledgment
“It’s only by being in the DSM-5 that it opens up the possibility there will be teaching about hoarding di sorder in university programs for…”
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Dec 02
Hoarding Disorder to be in DSM 5
Hoarding Disorder officially voted in for inclusion in the DSM 5 as a separate disorder.
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Nov 06
Research Study Seeking COH Participants
Impact of Hoarding on Parent-Adult Child Relationships and Family Functioning
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