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Participate in online study for Hoarders & family members?

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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AARP: How to Downsize Your Parents Who Might Be Hoarding

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Hoarding: If You Suspect a Child Lives With a Hoarder

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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Want to start an in-person support group for COH in your area?

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podcast-interview with Professor David Mataix-Cols

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/

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‘Nice child’ can’t rescue hoarder dad (COH Interview)

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4/26/12: MHA-SF Hoarding Conference ACOH Presentation

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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Hoarder habit may be enabled by families

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.

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NBC San Diego: Spx Report on Children of Hoarders

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.

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Lessons Learned by a Child of a Hoarder

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

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Dr. Suzanne Chabaud Sets the Stage for Children of Hoarders Research

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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The Hidden Lives of Children of Hoarders

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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Children of Hoarders: Silently Screaming No More

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From a blog post from a COH

“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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How A Parent’s Compulsive Hoarding Impacts Children

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

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