COH-Inc.

Founded February 8, 2006

Most commented posts

  1. 5 ways to cope with hoarding — 26 comments
  2. Living With Someone’s Clutter or Hoarding: How Do You Cope? — 14 comments
  3. “No Solutions For Families Like Mine” — 7 comments
  4. The Hidden Lives of Children of Hoarders — 6 comments
  5. Powerful Short Film by a Child of a Hoarder — 6 comments

Author's posts

Feb 11

One woman’s story of her struggle as the daughter of multiple generations of hoarders

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Jan 06

Chamber of Hoarders

A site dedicated to educating firefighters about hoarded homes!

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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 26

Gifts…

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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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Oct 22

Rest in Peace, Sidney Patrick

Rest in Peace, Sidney Patrick—a wonderful woman who will be missed by so many. Sidney, a passionate advocate for children of hoarders, will live in the hearts of COH across the land forever. Our sympathy goes out to all Sidney’s friends and family members. Thank you for everything, Sidney. You will be sorely missed. http://www.milbetweenus.com/2012/10/sidney.html …

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Oct 08

Huffington Post Webcast: Hoarding’s Harsh Reality

Hoarding is a psychological condition affecting 4 million Americans. But it’s more than just shocking fodder for a reality show. For some, hoarding can turn deadly.  It features hoarding expert Randy Frost, Sidney Patrick (author of the blog, “My Mother-in-law is still sitting between us”), and Frances Boudreaux, daughter of a hoarder and the author of Where …

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Sep 20

The Hoarding Project: Sept/Oct 2012 Newsletter

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Sep 16

Psychology Today: “The Life of Children of Hoarders”

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Sep 16

COH interview series, by a daughter of a Hoarder

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Aug 07

The Proposed DSM-5: Alterations and Altercations

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Aug 06

Why aren’t hoarders bothered by all that junk? Scientists find a clue

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Aug 02

MN man’s hoarding contributed to death in house fire

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